Niño Jesús
date: label: Date made
content: Late 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Jesus Christ is represented in a variety of forms in Catholic art and devotion, one of the most familiar being the scene of his crucifixion. Almost as frequently, Christ is shown as an infant, often being held by his mother, the Virgin Mary. This wooden figure of <i>El Niño Jesús</i>, the Christ Child, is from the late 19th century.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: Existen múltiples representaciones de Jesucristo en el arte y la devoción católicos, siendo una de las más familiares la escena de su crucifixión. Casi con la misma frecuencia se representa a Cristo cuando era niño, a menudo en brazos de su madre, la Virgen María. Esta figura de madera del Niño Jesús data de fines del siglo XIX.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Puerto Rico
title: label: Title
content: Christ Child
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content: Home and Community Life: Ethnic
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content: Religion
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content: Vidal
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Teodoro Vidal
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0097.0035
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.0035
objectType: label: Object Name
content: santo
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plaster; wood; paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: handmade (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: plaster (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20.5 cm x 14.5 cm x 13.5 cm; 8 1/16 in x 5 11/16 in x 5 5/16 in