Nativity scene

Museum number:

3-30932

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21030030932

Alternate number:

JP-246 (previous number)

Accession number:

Acc.4777

Description:

PERUVIAN NATIVITY SCENE FIGURE (5 of 8): Ceramic figure of a “king” riding a horse. Figure is clad in cocoa brown pants and shirt. Boots are sepia His cloak is cocoa brown with a white wash. He wears a white and sepia crown, and carries a brown and sepia colored vessel. Horse is cocoa brown with sepia hooves and reins and painted eyes. Face is modeled; eye and hair are painted (sepia).

Donor:

John Paul

Collection place:

Mexico

Collector:

John Paul

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Crèches (visual works)

Accession date:

February 24, 2011

Department:

Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area