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Creator display:
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Luján, Ernie (American santero, born 1951)
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Creator role:
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creator
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Date display:
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1995
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Title:
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Nacimiento
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Title:
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Nativity Scene
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Description:
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Nativity scene featuring the infant Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, with a sheep in the foreground and two angels flanking the scene on either side. A finial at the top of the wood panel features a dove at its center.
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Note Fr. Steele:
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"Holy Family -- Jesus as infant in crib; sheep, dove/HSp, angels."
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Inscription:
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on back: El Nacimiento 1995 / Santero: Ernie R. Luján
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Location name:
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Santa Fe
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Location name:
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New Mexico
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Location name:
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Santa Fe (county)
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Materials display:
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pigment on carved wood (plant material)
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Material name:
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pigment
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Material name:
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wood (plant material)
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Source name:
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Thomas J. Steele, S.J.: The Regis University Collection of New Mexico and Colorado Santos.
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Subject term:
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Jesus Christ--Nativity
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Work type:
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retablos (panel paintings)
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Acquisition note:
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Jun-95
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Accession number:
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RU0250
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Measurements display:
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41.5 x 28.5 cm
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Santo Subject:
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Nacimiento de Jesucristo (Birth of Jesus Christ)
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Santo Subject Type:
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Divine Subjects
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Feast Day:
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December 25
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Note:
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The birth of Jesus at Bethlehem of Judea. Mary and Joseph stand or kneel at either side of a manger in which the infant lies. The "reliquary" in the Córdova chapel is probably a Nacimiento; the moon presently attached to it belongs to a Guadalupe.
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Rights text:
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IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED
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