NATIVITY SCENE FIGURE: Figure of a standing man affixed to a square base. Figure stands with his proper right had holding a staff and his proper left resting on his him. He is clothed in long pants and a short-sleeved shirt. Both shirt and pants are decorated with bands of sepia alternating with natural clay. Sepia bands are bordered by narrow brown bands; natural bands are decorated with lattice or hash marks. Figure wears a hat also decorated with sepia and brown. Face is slightly modeled and features are painted. Staff is decorated with bands of sepia, brown and natural clay. Base is decorated with sepia, brown and natural bands with decoration as well. Ameyaltopec attribute.
Donor:
John Paul
Collection place:
Ameyaltepec, Guerrero, Mexico
Collector:
John Paul
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines and Nativity figures
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies