Nativity scene

Museum number:
3-30933
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030030933
Alternate number:
JP-247 (previous number)
Accession number:
Acc.4777
Object count:
1
Description:
PERUVIAN NATIVITY SCENE FIGURE (6 of 8): Ceramic figure of a “king” riding a horse. Figure is clad in cocoa brown pant, sepia shirt, white cloak, sepia boots and white shirt. He wears a white and sepia half crown, and carries a brown and white vessel. Horse is painted dark amber with whiter hooves and reins and painted eyes. Face is modeled; eyes, beard and hair are painted (sepia).
Donor:
John Paul
Collection place:
Mexico
Collector:
John Paul
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Crèches (visual works)
Accession date:
February 24, 2011
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Nativity scene, accession number 3-30933, described as PERUVIAN NATIVITY SCENE FIGURE (6 of 8): Ceramic figure of a “king” riding a horse. Figure is clad in cocoa brown pant, sepia shirt, white cloak, sepia boots and white shirt. He wears a white and sepia half crown, and carries a brown and white vessel. Horse is painted dark amber with whiter hooves and reins and painted eyes. Face is modeled; eyes, beard and hair are painted (sepia).

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