Object Details
- Artist
- Clementine Hunter, born near Cloutierville, LA 1886/7-died near Natchitoches, LA 1988
- Exhibition Label
- In this painted jug, Hunter portrays the Three Wise Men bearing gifts to the newborn Jesus, as well as their accompanying angel, as people of color. By depicting the figures in the biblical tale with dark skin, Hunter proposes an alternative worldview—one that places Black Christianity and history at the center of storied narratives and important events.
- (We Are Made of Stories: Self-Taught Artists in the Robson Family Collection, 2022)
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Margaret Z. Robson Collection, Gift of John E. and Douglas O. Robson
- ca. 1970-1980
- Object number
- 2016.38.36
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Folk Art
- Medium
- paint on an albany slip whiskey jug
- Dimensions
- 9 1/4 × 7 5/8 in. (23.5 × 19.4 cm), diam.
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Religion\New Testament\Magi
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- Record ID
- saam_2016.38.36
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk78eb8fa82-bcb6-4bda-9912-ef3e73d4803d
