Plaster statue of female pilgrim Camino di Santiago de Compostela

Description

Unique plaster statue of a woman in nun's clothes with typical attributes of the Camino to Santiago di Compostela such as a hat with a scallop shell, a stick with a knapsack. She also has a rosary, a bible and a wooden cross with a copper Jesus in her hands. Depicted with a sheep at her side (one of the pilgrim animals )

It is unclear who this woman or saint is, but some names of early Christian female pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela are: St. Birgitta of Sweden, Verdiana (Virginia Margaret del Mazziere), Margery Kempe, Bona de Pisa, Isabel of Portugal.
Early female pilgrims often dressed as nuns in order to be able to walk their camino incognito
The statue is in very good condition with minimal traces of use
Dimensions: 121 cm high, 38.5 cm wide and 28.5 cm deep