Home / Gallery / Exhibitions / Crossing the Water: A Path to the Afro-Cuban Spirit World / Claire Garoutte and Anneke Wambaugh Santiago’s formidable cauldrons for the Palo spirits – Madre de Agua (“Mother of Water”) to the left, Sarabanda in the center, and Lucero (“Evening Star”) situated in the foreground. Santiago’s vessel for the Congo spirit of the dead, Pa Francisco, is in the far right corner.