Vietnamese Santo, Cecilia throws Kokeshi 1- 13”H x 2

Kokeshi 1- 13”H x 2

Contemporary

50”Length

Kokeshi 2- 14”H x 3”Head diameter

Togatta style kokeshi こけし by artist 高梨節子 Takanashi Setsuko (b

Vietnamese Santo, Cecilia throws Kokeshi 1- 13”H x 2The practice of creating Santos began in Spain. Religious images were commonly decorated in ornate religious clothing. Today Santos remain a living tradition of religious iconography and folk art in Mexico, Philippines, Vietnam and other countries. Saint Cecilia was a Roman martyr venerated in Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, and some Lutheran churches. She became the patroness of music and musicians, it being written that, as the musicians played at her