Santa Claus Christmas Ornament
date: label: date made
content: 1880-1940
notes: label: Description
content: Handmade holiday or Christmas ornament, Santa Claus figure, stands on skis, holds a walking stick or ski pole in left hand, carries a green sack on his back. Wears a red velour coat with green belt and white cotton trim, a red pointed velour cap with white trim, green and black cotton pants. His face is made of plaster, pink painted skin with white eyebrows, white wool beard, and blue dots over white for eyes. Hands are made of pink felt. Skis are soft wood or cardboard painted brown and covered partially with white mica/glitter. Bent wire hook attaches in back to a piece of thread tied around chest. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan
label: place made
content: Germany
label: place used
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
topic: label: Subject
content: Christmas
label: Subject
content: Santa Claus
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey L. Jones
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.298065.0195
label: catalog number
content: 298065.0195
label: accession number
content: 298065
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ornament, christmas tree
label: Object Type
content: ornaments
label: Other Terms
content: Ornament; Decorations
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: cloth (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plaster (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: ornament: 1 3/4 in x 5 5/16 in x 5 11/16 in; 4.445 cm x 13.49375 cm x 14.44625 cm
label: Measurements
content: wood part, original ornament hook(?): 1 1/16 in x 1 13/16 in x 1 7/8 in; 2.69875 cm x 4.60375 cm x 4.7625 cm
label: Measurements
content: ornament hook: 1/8 in x 5/8 in x 2 1/2 in; .3175 cm x 1.5875 cm x 6.35 cm