"Indio Priest" watercolor from Vistas de las Yslas Filipinas y trages de sus habitantes (Scenes from the Philippine Islands and Costumes of their Inhabitants)
These watercolor paintings from the 1847 Vistas de las Yslas Filipinas y trages de sus habitantes (Scenes from the Philippine Islands and Costumes of their Inhabitants) by the Filipino painter José Honorato Lozano give us an idea of how these people might have looked like. The watercolor painting on the right portrays an indigenous Filipino priest in a wide-brimmed black hat and black robes with a white clerical collar. In his left hand, he holds a yellow pointing stick, and with his right hand, he pats the head of a boy wearing a striped shirt and pants and a yellow scarf. The boy holds a white pillow with a Spanish-style bonete (clerical biretta) resting on it. The watercolor is captioned "Cura Indio" (Indio priest).
