NATIVITY SCENE FIGURES: Painted ceramic 13-piece set. Set consists of: Mary (white dress & blue head cover); Joseph ( yellow and blue clothing holding a green frond); infant; manger (white w/red & black accents on rim); angel (blue gown, yellow wings); 3 kings (each w/ gold crowns; 1 in orange robe w/ yellow chalice, 1 in brown robe with red chalice, 1 in yellow ochre robe with blue box); shepherd holding lamb (yellow hat, grey serape, ecru robe); woman wearing a green dress, holding a grey animal; white sheep; white & black cow w/ yellow ochre horns; grey animal kneeling. Note: box in which these figures were found says Tonala.
Donor:
John Paul
Collection place:
Mexico
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Collector:
John Paul
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines, Nativity figures, and Sarapes
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies