DepartmentEurope

Carolers with Szopka

NameFigure Group

Maker Feliks Czajkowski (1905 - 1978)

Datec. 1960

Place madeKrakow, Krakow, Poland, Europe

MediumWood, paint

Dimensions10 1/4 × 8 11/16 × 3 9/16 in. (26 × 22 × 9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1980.57.135

Object numberA.1980.57.135

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DescriptionCarved, painted. Bearing a szopka, a model church, carolers go from house to house at Christmas, singing and offering best wishes for the new year. Description: Two uniformed males wearing pointed caps with feathers, red and white striped pants, and red boots hold pink church with two towers with blue spires; Mary, Joseph and Christ child in crib on gray platform in front of semicircular opening of church.