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<em>Briscada Nativity Scene</em>, 18th or 19th century. Metal: Silver tinsel, cloth, pearls, leather, huamanga stone, pigment, wire, clay, glass, beads, foil, 9 x 7 1/2 x 3 1/2in. (22.9 x 19.1 x 8.9cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 42.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 42.15.jpg)
Briscada Nativity Scene, 18th or 19th century. Metal: Silver tinsel, cloth, pearls, leather, huamanga stone, pigment, wire, clay, glass, beads, foil, 9 x 7 1/2 x 3 1/2in. (22.9 x 19.1 x 8.9cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 42.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 42.15.jpg)
<em>Briscada Nativity Scene</em>, 18th or 19th century. Metal: Silver tinsel, cloth, pearls, leather, huamanga stone, pigment, wire, clay, glass, beads, foil, 9 x 7 1/2 x 3 1/2in. (22.9 x 19.1 x 8.9cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 42.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 42.15.jpg)

Briscada Nativity Scene, 18th or 19th century. Metal: Silver tinsel, cloth, pearls, leather, huamanga stone, pigment, wire, clay, glass, beads, foil, 9 x 7 1/2 x 3 1/2in. (22.9 x 19.1 x 8.9cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 42.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 42.15.jpg)

<em>Briscada Nativity Scene</em>, 18th or 19th century. Metal: Silver tinsel, cloth, pearls, leather, huamanga stone, pigment, wire, clay, glass, beads, foil, 9 x 7 1/2 x 3 1/2in. (22.9 x 19.1 x 8.9cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 42.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.150_detail01.jpg)

Briscada Nativity Scene, 18th or 19th century. Metal: Silver tinsel, cloth, pearls, leather, huamanga stone, pigment, wire, clay, glass, beads, foil, 9 x 7 1/2 x 3 1/2in. (22.9 x 19.1 x 8.9cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 42.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.150_detail01.jpg)

<em>Briscada Nativity Scene</em>, 18th or 19th century. Metal: Silver tinsel, cloth, pearls, leather, huamanga stone, pigment, wire, clay, glass, beads, foil, 9 x 7 1/2 x 3 1/2in. (22.9 x 19.1 x 8.9cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 42.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.150_detail02.jpg)

Briscada Nativity Scene, 18th or 19th century. Metal: Silver tinsel, cloth, pearls, leather, huamanga stone, pigment, wire, clay, glass, beads, foil, 9 x 7 1/2 x 3 1/2in. (22.9 x 19.1 x 8.9cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 42.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.150_detail02.jpg)

<em>Briscada Nativity Scene</em>, 18th or 19th century. Metal: Silver tinsel, cloth, pearls, leather, huamanga stone, pigment, wire, clay, glass, beads, foil, 9 x 7 1/2 x 3 1/2in. (22.9 x 19.1 x 8.9cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 42.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.150_detail03.jpg)

Briscada Nativity Scene, 18th or 19th century. Metal: Silver tinsel, cloth, pearls, leather, huamanga stone, pigment, wire, clay, glass, beads, foil, 9 x 7 1/2 x 3 1/2in. (22.9 x 19.1 x 8.9cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 42.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.150_detail03.jpg)

<em>Briscada Nativity Scene</em>, 18th or 19th century. Metal: Silver tinsel, cloth, pearls, leather, huamanga stone, pigment, wire, clay, glass, beads, foil, 9 x 7 1/2 x 3 1/2in. (22.9 x 19.1 x 8.9cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 42.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.150_detail04.jpg)

Briscada Nativity Scene, 18th or 19th century. Metal: Silver tinsel, cloth, pearls, leather, huamanga stone, pigment, wire, clay, glass, beads, foil, 9 x 7 1/2 x 3 1/2in. (22.9 x 19.1 x 8.9cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 42.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.150_detail04.jpg)

<em>Briscada Nativity Scene</em>, 18th or 19th century. Metal: Silver tinsel, cloth, pearls, leather, huamanga stone, pigment, wire, clay, glass, beads, foil, 9 x 7 1/2 x 3 1/2in. (22.9 x 19.1 x 8.9cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 42.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.150_detail05.jpg)

Briscada Nativity Scene, 18th or 19th century. Metal: Silver tinsel, cloth, pearls, leather, huamanga stone, pigment, wire, clay, glass, beads, foil, 9 x 7 1/2 x 3 1/2in. (22.9 x 19.1 x 8.9cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 42.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.150_detail05.jpg)

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Briscada Nativity Scene

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MEDIUM Metal: Silver tinsel, cloth, pearls, leather, huamanga stone, pigment, wire, clay, glass, beads, foil
DATES 18th or 19th century
DIMENSIONS 9 x 7 1/2 x 3 1/2in. (22.9 x 19.1 x 8.9cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER 42.15
CREDIT LINE Carll H. de Silver Fund
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CAPTION Briscada Nativity Scene, 18th or 19th century. Metal: Silver tinsel, cloth, pearls, leather, huamanga stone, pigment, wire, clay, glass, beads, foil, 9 x 7 1/2 x 3 1/2in. (22.9 x 19.1 x 8.9cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 42.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 42.15.jpg)
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<em>Briscada Nativity Scene</em>, 18th or 19th century. Metal: Silver tinsel, cloth, pearls, leather, huamanga stone, pigment, wire, clay, glass, beads, foil, 9 x 7 1/2 x 3 1/2in. (22.9 x 19.1 x 8.9cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 42.15. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 42.15.jpg)

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