TONALA NATIVITY SCENE: Mary. Figure of a woman with head bowed and hands in a praying position. She wears a floor-length red skirt decorated with white spirals and 5-petaled blossoms interspersed with dark red dots; a long sleeved blouse with a tan front and gray sleeves. Sleeves are decorated around the cuffs and the blouse at the neck with a row of white “x”s. Her short head cloth is gray with white polka-dots. Her face is natural clay with painted features. Paper label on base reads “Nacimiento $250.00 ($20.00)”
Donor:
John Paul
Collection place:
Tonala, Jalisco state, 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