DepartmentLatin America
Nativity
NameFigure Group
Attributed to
Leoncio Tineo Ochoa
(Peruvian, 1924 - 1996)
Datec. 1958
Place madeHuanta, Ayacucho, Peru, South America
MediumCeramic
Dimensions8 × 3 3/8 × 3 15/16 in. (20.3 × 8.5 × 10 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.32.440V
Object numberA.1979.32.440V
DescriptionHand-built, slip painted, unglazed, incised faces and garment details. Seven pieces: Mary, Joseph, Christ child, two cows, two pots with flowers. Red-brown painted details with black fire marks. // Girard glued the floral pieces onto the pots.