Masapan Bread Dough Nativity

This charming nativity was made in Calderón, a town near Quito in Ecuador. This town is very well known for its bread dough figures. The dough is made in different colors and each part of the figurine is made using the desired color.

The intricately decorated clothing of the different figures, even the blankets over the animals make this a very colorful and festive iteration of the nativity.

Name: Masapan Bread Dough Nativity
Artist: Unknown
Country: Unknown
Material: Other
Number of Pieces: 10
Jesus, Mary, Joseph, an angel, three magi, a donkey and an oxen and a shepherdess
Acquired: 2017

2 thoughts on “Masapan Bread Dough Nativity”

  1. I sent you a mail recently but I did not receive an answer.
    Can you telle me how I can gert this type of figures of nativity.
    Have you in address in CALDERON ?

    C

    1. I am sorry for the delay. I have not been on the site for a while. I actually got this nativity in Bruges, Belgium at a store called De Wijngaard.

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