Nativity figurine

Museum number:

3-31129

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21030031129

Alternate number:

JP-473 (previous number)

Accession number:

Acc.4777

Description:

CERAMIC NATIVTY FIGURE: Kneeling wise man, mold made, vitreous glazed, ceramic. Figure wears a grey robe decorated with 9 brown dots; mantel is decorated with a scalloped navy blue border with brown dots, and random brown dots are scattered throughout on a grey ground. Hat is brown. Head cloth is decorated with brown teardrops and pointed scalloped edge bordered with navy blue. Beard and edge of mantel are navy blue. Vessel in the hands of the king is brown with a blue top, and hand/arm delineations are navy blue. Signed inside base .

Donor:

John Paul

Collection place:

Mexico

Collector:

John Paul

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Figurines and Nativity figures

Accession date:

February 24, 2011

Department:

Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area