Nativity Scene
1946-1984 (made)
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Nativity scene consisting of base, stable, three wise men, baby Jesus, Joseph, Mary, three shepherds, an ox, a sheep and an ass.
The base is a flat irregular hexagon, on top of which a pyramidal stable stands. A tin cross is attached to the top, and underneath is the manger where the baby Jesus layss. All the figures are stylized. Baby Jesus is painted white with brown hands, brown hair, brown eyes and a tin halo. Mary is painted a dark blue colour with white painted hands, brown hair and eyes, nose and mouth, and a white painted headress. Attached to the headress is a golden halo made from paper. Joseph is painted a light blue or turquoise with white hands. He has a long brown felt beard and a golden paper halo attached to the top of his head.
Each wise man is painted in a different shade of purple with stylized white painted hands. Each figure carries an object, two of them wooden vessels and one a gold box. Two of them have golden tin crowns, brown felt beard and has brown nose, eyebrows and eyes; the third one has a painted white hat, a black felt beard and black eyebrow, eyes and nose. All of them carry objects, two wooden and one golden.
The three shepherds are painted in a different colour each, two of them green (a different shade each) and one yellow. They have brown and white hats, brown eyes, eyebrows and nose, white painted hands, white canvas headdress and a metallic golden cane.
The ox is wooden with a plaited straw tail, white felt ears and brown painted eyes and nose and white painted horns; the ass has white felt ears, plaited white thread tail, brown eyes and brown decoration on the back and neck; and the sheep has black felt ears and black painted tail and eyes
The base is a flat irregular hexagon, on top of which a pyramidal stable stands. A tin cross is attached to the top, and underneath is the manger where the baby Jesus layss. All the figures are stylized. Baby Jesus is painted white with brown hands, brown hair, brown eyes and a tin halo. Mary is painted a dark blue colour with white painted hands, brown hair and eyes, nose and mouth, and a white painted headress. Attached to the headress is a golden halo made from paper. Joseph is painted a light blue or turquoise with white hands. He has a long brown felt beard and a golden paper halo attached to the top of his head.
Each wise man is painted in a different shade of purple with stylized white painted hands. Each figure carries an object, two of them wooden vessels and one a gold box. Two of them have golden tin crowns, brown felt beard and has brown nose, eyebrows and eyes; the third one has a painted white hat, a black felt beard and black eyebrow, eyes and nose. All of them carry objects, two wooden and one golden.
The three shepherds are painted in a different colour each, two of them green (a different shade each) and one yellow. They have brown and white hats, brown eyes, eyebrows and nose, white painted hands, white canvas headdress and a metallic golden cane.
The ox is wooden with a plaited straw tail, white felt ears and brown painted eyes and nose and white painted horns; the ass has white felt ears, plaited white thread tail, brown eyes and brown decoration on the back and neck; and the sheep has black felt ears and black painted tail and eyes
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Parts | This object consists of 14 parts.
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Materials and techniques | Carved, turned and painted wood, cotton |
Brief description | Nativity scene, wood, made by Susan Wynter, England, 1946-1984 |
Physical description | Nativity scene consisting of base, stable, three wise men, baby Jesus, Joseph, Mary, three shepherds, an ox, a sheep and an ass. The base is a flat irregular hexagon, on top of which a pyramidal stable stands. A tin cross is attached to the top, and underneath is the manger where the baby Jesus layss. All the figures are stylized. Baby Jesus is painted white with brown hands, brown hair, brown eyes and a tin halo. Mary is painted a dark blue colour with white painted hands, brown hair and eyes, nose and mouth, and a white painted headress. Attached to the headress is a golden halo made from paper. Joseph is painted a light blue or turquoise with white hands. He has a long brown felt beard and a golden paper halo attached to the top of his head. Each wise man is painted in a different shade of purple with stylized white painted hands. Each figure carries an object, two of them wooden vessels and one a gold box. Two of them have golden tin crowns, brown felt beard and has brown nose, eyebrows and eyes; the third one has a painted white hat, a black felt beard and black eyebrow, eyes and nose. All of them carry objects, two wooden and one golden. The three shepherds are painted in a different colour each, two of them green (a different shade each) and one yellow. They have brown and white hats, brown eyes, eyebrows and nose, white painted hands, white canvas headdress and a metallic golden cane. The ox is wooden with a plaited straw tail, white felt ears and brown painted eyes and nose and white painted horns; the ass has white felt ears, plaited white thread tail, brown eyes and brown decoration on the back and neck; and the sheep has black felt ears and black painted tail and eyes |
Credit line | Given by Susan Murray |
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Accession number | B.76-2014 |
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Record created | July 19, 2014 |
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