Church model

Museum number:

3-31385

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21030031385

Alternate number:

JP-729 (previous number (collector's original number))

Accession number:

Acc.4777

Description:

WOODEN CHURCH MODEL: Small church model made of carved, cut and painted wood.

Donor:

John Paul

Collection place:

Mexico

Culture or time period:

Mexican

Collector:

John Paul

Materials:

Wood (plant material)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Carvings (visual works)

Accession date:

February 24, 2011

Department:

Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area

Comment:

WOODEN CHURCH MODEL: Small church model made of carved, cut and painted wood. Church is rectangular with yellow front and back walls, a red-orange roof, pink side walls, and two orange doors that open via small hinges & knob. At each corner of the front of the church are bell towers painted yellow, turquoise, pink, orange and black w/ a yellow cross atop each one. Above the door is a pediment decorated with scallops, curlicues, two multicolored chains of diamonds, and a black square. A black band borders the doors and each bell tower has black triangle painted on the front. The base of the church is painted chartreuse and the bottom is orange. A hanging string is attached at the back of the model. The number 739 is written on the base of the model