Nativity scene

Museum number:
3-30968
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
JP-299 (previous number)
Accession number:
Acc.4777
Description:
CERAMIC BLANCO NATIVITY SET: Angel wearing a long cloak around her shoulders, which flows to the floor. Cloak and gown are decorated with applied flowers, leaves, stems and vines. Facial features and hair are applied and incised as needed. Angel has a tiara on her head and 2 wings attached to her back. Her proper left hand holds the scales of justice; her proper right holds a club which is raised and held beside her right cheek. Figure is unpainted. Teodora Blanco figure. “T.B.” incised on base. Small, white, oval label is marked “JP” in pencil.
Donor:
John Paul
Collection place:
Mexico
Collector:
John Paul
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Crèches (visual works)
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
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Nativity scene, accession number 3-30968, described as CERAMIC BLANCO NATIVITY SET: Angel wearing a long cloak around her shoulders, which flows to the floor. Cloak and gown are decorated with applied flowers, leaves, stems and vines. Facial features and hair are applied and incised as needed. Angel has a tiara on her head and 2 wings attached to her back. Her proper left hand holds the scales of justice; her proper right holds a club which is raised and held beside her right cheek. Figure is unpainted. Teodora Blanco figure. “T.B.” incised on base. Small, white, oval label is marked “JP” in pencil.

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