Nativity tableau

Museum number:

3-28736a-l

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm210328736a@2dl

Accession number:

Acc.3707

Description:

Figurines (nativity scene). Silhouettes cut from tin plate, embossed, painted with colored varnish; mounted on platforms of soldered tin plate. A) Mary Ht. 13 cm, B) Joseph Ht. 13.5 cm, C) Infant Jesus Ht. 6 cm, D) Angel Ht. 16 cm, E) Star Ht. 15.5 cm, F) Shepherd Ht. 10 cm, G) Shepherd Ht. 11 cm, H) King Ht 14 cm, I) King Ht 13 cm, J) King Ht. 13 cm, K) Cow Ht. 8.5 cm, L) Burro Ht. 7.5 cm

Donor:

Edgar C. Altermatt, Katharine D. Jenkins, and Mrs. Edgar C. Altermatt

Collection place:

Oaxaca, Mexico

Verbatim coll. place:

Mexico, Oaxaca, Oaxaca

Collector:

Katharine D. Jenkins

Collection date:

1970

Materials:

Paint (coating) and Tin (metal)

Person depicted:

Jesus Christ (founder of Christianity) and Mary (mother of Jesus)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Crèches (visual works)

Function:

5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions

Accession date:

February 24, 1982

Context of use:

Christmas (attr. Dr. Ira Jacknis)

Department:

Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area

Comment:

H-13-10

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