DepartmentEurope

Nativity

NameFigure Group

Artist or maker Feliks Czajkowski (1905 - 1978)

DateCA 1960, STAFF

Place madeKRAKOW, KRAKOW, POLAND, Europe

MediumWood, Paint

DimensionsOverall: 24 x 19 3/8 x 13 3/4 in. (61 x 49.2 x 35 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1980.56.700.

Object numberA.1980.56.700

DescriptionWooden sculptures of a nativity scene. They are sawn, lathed, turned, glued, and painted with enamel paints. There are four uniformed male figures on individual bases which hold a shrine. In the shrine there is a nativity scene. The shrine has stepped steeples with red and white flags on top. The fabric covered base added by Alexander Girard.