bulto
noun
bul·to
ˈbu̇l(ˌ)tō,
ˈbül-
plural -s
1
: an image of a saint carved in wood and polychromed made in the southwestern U.S. and Latin America in the 18th and 19th centuries
2
: a bundle especially of fibers for rope making
Word History
Etymology
Spanish, image, bulk, form, body, statue, from Latin vultus, voltus countenance, expression, shape: perhaps akin to Gothic wulthus glory, Welsh gweled to see