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DepartmentEurope

Nativity

NameSculpture
Artist Artist unrecorded
Datec. 1965
Place madePoland, Europe
MediumWood, water based paint, straw
Dimensions17 1/8 x 15 3/4 x 14 3/16 in. (43.5 x 40 x 36 cm)
a. Stable: 17 3/16 × 15 3/4 × 14 1/4 in. (43.7 × 40 × 36.2 cm)
b. Mary: 5 7/16 × 2 1/2 × 1 5/8 in. (13.8 × 6.4 × 4.1 cm)
c. Joseph: 6 5/8 × 2 7/16 × 2 1/4 in. (16.8 × 6.2 × 5.7 cm)
d. Jesus: 1 5/8 × 5/8 × 9/16 in. (4.2 × 1.6 × 1.5 cm)
e. Manger: 2 11/16 × 4 × 2 3/4 in. (6.8 × 10.2 × 7 cm)
f. Kneeling king: 4 13/16 × 2 13/16 × 3 7/8 in. (12.2 × 7.1 × 9.8 cm)
g. King in blue: 6 3/4 × 2 3/8 × 2 3/16 in. (17.2 × 6 × 5.5 cm)
h. King in green: 6 15/16 × 2 7/8 × 3 3/8 in. (17.7 × 7.3 × 8.5 cm)
i. Cow: 3 5/16 × 4 3/4 × 1 3/4 in. (8.4 × 12 × 4.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1980.56.885V
Object numberA.1980.56.885V
Collections
DescriptionOpen shed, unfinished; straw roof. Mary, Joseph, infant in manger, 3 kings, cow, and donkey: all multicolored. People have detailed features. Two angels with wings attached to shed.
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