The Blessing of the Animals Ceremony
Photographer
Ralph Looney
(1924 Lexington, Kentucky - 2000 Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Date1960
Mediumsilver negative
Dimensions2 3/16 × 2 3/16 in. (5.6 × 5.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of the Estate of Ralph and Clarabelle Looney
Object numberPA2006.021.373
DescriptionA boy wearing a sombrero holds the leash of a Bassett Hound with a small sombrero around its neck. They are at the head of a line of people and animals on North Plaza Street, in front of San Felipe de Neri Church in Old Town, Albuquerque, New Mexico, during The Blessing of the Animals Ceremony. Father Luis Jaramillo stands on a wooden platform on the sidewalk and dips an aspergillum into a bowl of holy water held by an altar boy beside him. The boy with the dog smiles toward the camera. Another child in the foreground looks toward the crowd of people around the boy and the dog.On View
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