Vintage Bronze Yalalag Cross with Winged Heart
Product Details
The Vintage Bronze Yalalag Cross with Winged Heart is one of the most distinctive forms in Mexican devotional metalwork: a long Latin cross with a large heart suspended below the crossing and a wing spread on either side of it. Cross and heart alike are covered with punched concentric rings, and the arms finish in small beaded knobs.
The form takes its name from Yalalag in the Sierra Norte of Oaxaca, where crosses of this shape have been worn for generations and where Christian devotion and older local meaning have long lived together in one object. The heart lifted on wings beneath the cross reads as the soul rising, love borne upward by the Passion above it, and at nearly three inches the piece carries that meaning with real presence.
The Yalalag cross was faithfully reproduced from an antique original found in Oaxaca and cast in the USA using a traditional fine-detail casting process that preserves its vintage character.
- Made in the USA
- Artisan-cast from an antique original
- Finished by hand, so every piece is subtly unique.
- Buy the medal alone, or add an optional chain or cord necklace
- Add a cord or chain to have it arrive assembled and ready to wear
- Arrives in a deluxe velour jewelry box
Product Details
The Vintage Bronze Yalalag Cross with Winged Heart is one of the most distinctive forms in Mexican devotional metalwork: a long Latin cross with a large heart suspended below the crossing and a wing spread on either side of it. Cross and heart alike are covered with punched concentric rings, and the arms finish in small beaded knobs.
The form takes its name from Yalalag in the Sierra Norte of Oaxaca, where crosses of this shape have been worn for generations and where Christian devotion and older local meaning have long lived together in one object. The heart lifted on wings beneath the cross reads as the soul rising, love borne upward by the Passion above it, and at nearly three inches the piece carries that meaning with real presence.
The Yalalag cross was faithfully reproduced from an antique original found in Oaxaca and cast in the USA using a traditional fine-detail casting process that preserves its vintage character.
- Made in the USA
- Artisan-cast from an antique original
- Finished by hand, so every piece is subtly unique.
- Buy the medal alone, or add an optional chain or cord necklace
- Add a cord or chain to have it arrive assembled and ready to wear
- Arrives in a deluxe velour jewelry box
