TONALA NATIVITY SCENE: Joseph. Figure of a standing male wearing a floor length robe. Skirt is decorated w/a large flower, leaves and stems and a serpentine band at front. His jacket is dark grey, decorated with tiny polka-dots and a band of white “x”s around cuffs and neck. He holds a sepia toned staff on his proper right. His hair and beard are grey and his facial features are painted. Paper label on base reads “Nacimiento $250.00”
Donor:
John Paul
Collection place:
Tonala, Jalisco state, 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