Nativity figurine
- Museum number:
- 3-28927a-p
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm210328927a@2dp
- Accession number:
- Acc.3707
- Description:
- Miniatures, nativity scene. Clay figures, finely detailed and painted. Sizes range - Length 1.5 cm to 3.0 cm, Ht - .5 cm to 1.5 cm. A) Infant Jesus, B-C) angels, D) Joseph, E) Mary, F-H) Three Wise Men, I-L) Four mules, M-O) Three cows, P) Sheep
- Donor:
- Edgar C. Altermatt, Katharine D. Jenkins, and Mrs. Edgar C. Altermatt
- Collection place:
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Mexico, Mexico, D.F., Mexico City
- Collector:
- Katharine D. Jenkins
- Collection date:
- 1970
- Materials:
- Clay
- Person depicted:
- Jesus Christ (founder of Christianity) and Mary (mother of Jesus)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Figurines, Miniature (size attribute), and Nativity figures
- 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, 1982
- Context of use:
- Christmas (attr. Dr. Ira Jacknis)
- Department:
- Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
- Comment:
- H-9-6
- Images:
- Legacy documentation: