Object name: Nativity candlestick / Object class: Religious visual works / Collection place: Mexico - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Nativity candlestick, accession number 3-31103, described as NATIVITY SCENE CANDLE STICK: Terra cotta candle stick, domed base to which are affixed Joseph (yellow robe, green mantel, black hair and beard), Mary (pink robe, blue mantel, white head veil), infant lying on a bas-relief “manger” which resembles a large flower (white, red and yellow), a grey donkey and a brick colored cow kneel above the “manger” on each side of the candle stem. Two white doves with red/green/yellow tails. The base of the candle dome is decorated with band of white zigzag highlighted with pink dots, and a band of yellow and pink scallops separated by narrow black bands. Small white tag with “Mexico” printed on surface is glued to the underside. Could be Aguilar.