Figure 12. Rear of Oratory, East Morada. Size: 10.98 meters long, 4.04 wide. Location: Back of west room in east morada. Description: Looking east, to rear of oratory. Dirt floor, adobe-plastered walls, wooden benches, iron stove, framed religious prints on walls, ceiling of round beams (vigas).
Storage Room in Both Moradas.—In the south morada (Figure 13), there are cactus scourges (disciplinas), corrugated metal sheeting used for roofing, and three rattles (matracas; Figure 14), also used for noise-making in tinieblas services. Situated here also are black Lenten candelabrum, a ladder, a cross with silvered Passion emblems, and massive penitential crosses (maderos; Figure 15). The Lenten ladder and cross are shown next to the exterior entry (Figure 16). A corner fireplace is flanked by locally made tin candle sconces (Figure 17). Two 19th-century kerosene lamps appear on the fireplace mantle, and a tin-shaded lantern with its silver-plated reservoir hangs from the ceiling (Figure 15).
Figure 13. Floor Tub in Storage Room. Size: tub 53.3 centimeters high. Location: South morada, northwest corner of room. Description: Cement tub, dirt floor, fire wood, galvanized tubs, enamelized buckets, braided cactus whips (disciplinas), wooden box rattle (matraca), punched tin wall sconce, corrugated metal roofing.
Figure 14. Rattles (matracas). Size: 26 to 40 centimeters long. Location: South morada storage (east) room. Description: Flexible tongue set at one end of wooden frame, and notched cylinder on handle turning in opposite end.
Figure 15. Penitente Crosses (maderos) in Storage Room. Sizes: black cross 269.2 centimeters high (Figure 16); ceiling boards 2.5 by 15; maderos 345 long. Date: 20th century. Origin: New Mexico, unidentified carpenter. Location: South morada, northeast corner. Description: black candelabra (tenebrario), kerosene lanterns, tin shades, wooden keg and box under table.
