Nativity figurine

Museum number:

3-31125

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21030031125

Alternate number:

JP-469 (previous number)

Accession number:

Acc.4777

Description:

CERAMIC NATIVTY FIGURE: Kneeling “Joseph”, mold made, vitreous glazed, ceramic. Figure wears a grey robe decorated with 9 brown dots; mantel and head cloth are decorated with scalloped border, navy blue edge and random brown dots. Facial features, beard, and hand/arm delineations are all navy blue. Signed inside base “W”, underlined and with 3 dots below the line.

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