Nativity scene

Museum number:
3-30966
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
JP-297 (previous number)
Accession number:
Acc.4777
Description:
CERAMIC BLANCO NATIVITY SET: Woman (Mary) wearing a long veil which covers her head and flows to the floor. Veil and gown are decorated with applied flowers, leaves, stems and vines. Facial features and hair are applied and incised as needed. Mary has a small hat “hanging” on her back, Her hands are joined at front in an attitude of prayer. 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:
Santa María Atzompa, Oaxaca, 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 3-30966, described as CERAMIC BLANCO NATIVITY SET: Woman (Mary) wearing a long veil which covers her head and flows to the floor. Veil and gown are decorated with applied flowers, leaves, stems and vines. Facial features and hair are applied and incised as needed. Mary has a small hat “hanging” on her back, Her hands are joined at front in an attitude of prayer. Figure is unpainted. Teodora Blanco figure. “T.B.” incised on base. Small, white, oval label is marked “JP” in pencil.

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