Nativity figurine
- Museum number:
- 3-31545
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21030031545
- Alternate number:
- JP-889 (previous number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.4777
- Description:
- NATIVITY SCENE FIGURE: Figure of a rooster. Comb, wattle, beak and tail feathers, plus part of each wing, are sepia. Remained portions are natural clay decorated with brown lines, feathers, dots and squiggles. 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
- Accession date:
- February 24, 2011
- Department:
- Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area