“Bario de San Pedro Martir”

This detail represents the small community or neighborhood (barrio, in contemporary orthography) of San Pedro Martir. We see a simplified church structure with a portrait of St. Peter the Martyr standing inside. In Mexican art history, Peter often holds a broad-axe,* but here he may be holding a stylized macana (obsidian-studded club). [SW] [*Note: See “Saint Peter Martyr: The Iconography,” at: http://www.christianiconography.info/peterMartyr.html]