DepartmentLatin America
Figure Group
NameFigure Group
Maker
Manuel Jimenez
(Mexican, 1919 - 2005)
DateCA 1960, STAFF
Place madeARRAZOLA, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America
MediumWood, Paint
DimensionsOverall: 7 3/8 x 14 15/16 x 9 9/16 in. (18.7 x 38 x 24.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.5.558V.
Object numberA.1979.5.558V
DescriptionCarved wooden figures of Christ, Mary, and Joseph. They are brightly painted with water-based paint, have vegetal fiber hair, and the child is without a manger.
