DepartmentAsia
St. Joseph and Christ Child
NameSculpture
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Date18th century
Place madePhilippines, East Asia, Asia
Place madeChina, East Asia, Asia
MediumIvory, silk, hair, wood, glass
DimensionsFigure Height: 12 3/16 in. (31 cm)
Framed: 16 1/8 × 13 in. (41 × 33 cm)
Framed: 16 1/8 × 13 in. (41 × 33 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Mary Cabot Wheelwright, A.1968.11.1
Object numberA.1968.11.1
DescriptionIvory heads and hands, armatures and fabric clothing, hair wigs. Robes of Chinese silk embroidered with heavy metallic thread in rococo patterns. Enclosed in plain, modern wooden box, with glass front.
1922
1920-1972
18th century, C. Mather
1920-1972
19th Century
