The paper discusses the history and contemporary presentation of processional sculpture carried during Semana Santa or Holy Week which precedes Easter Sunday in Seville, Spain. The conservation of four Spanish polychrome sculptures in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, CA is presented, with special focus on the technical investigation of The Pieta (circa 1725). Although the nearly life-size sculpture appears to be carved from wood, it is actually one of the few surviving images fabricated almost entirely of finely woven linen made rigid with calcium sulfate with only the Virgin's head and hands constructed of cast plaster. X-ray radiographs reveal virtually no interior armature. The unique linen construction is significant because it renders the sculpture more lightweight and therefore ideally suited for carrying in religious processions. The conservation of a classic Virgin Dolorosa or Sorrowing Virgin, including the reconstruction of a missing glass eye using wax, powdered pigments and Gamblin Conservation Colors is also detailed.