Mexican Ex Voto Sepia Ink Drawing --Saved from the Horrible Centipede! russian landscape keeping one's pennies and quarters

keeping one's pennies and quarters super secure

but the ribbon is so old and brittle I am afraid to try it

like a cross between celadon and Granny Smith apple

Vintage 1950s

but then there they are

Mexican Ex Voto Sepia Ink Drawing --Saved from the Horrible Centipede! russian landscape keeping one's pennies and quartersI've seen a lot of old Mexican ex voto retablo paintings on tin, giving thanks to various saints for their divine interventions, but I'm not sure I've ever seen one executed as an ink drawing like this one, which was done in sepia colored ink. Perhaps it was done in advance of a painting, I'm not sure, but I'm very glad it exists as a drawing! The basic story, really wonderfully illustrated, with great attention paid to setting the scene (I especially