One of my best collections ever was my International Nativities or Creches or other names in different countries. I brought them to Costa Rica but they took up too much room for storage and thus sold all at the Su Espacio Auction for pennies on the dollar! But the religious people here snatched up the nativities a lot quicker than other kinds of art. Some of these photos don’t fully show the beauty of craftsmanship and culture representations, but I think you will get the idea! A collection I was proud of before downsizing! 🙂
Taos Reservation, New Mexico, USA
Peru
Guatemala
Guatemala
The Gambia, West Africa (I commissioned these wood carvings to a Mandinka teen boy using a Bible Story picture.)
Soapstone, Kisii, Kenya
Sierra Leone
Corn Husk, Kenya
Bioli Tribe, Cote’ D’Ivoire or Ivory Coast
Nigeria.
Shaker Village, Pleasant Hill, KY, USA
Olive wood, Israel
USA designed
Yoruba Tribe of Benin and Nigeria
Soapstone, Niger, West Africa.
Corn Husk, Appalachian Mountains, Virginia, USA
My childhood Nativity with figures made in Italy
Porcelain. China in the design of “Precious Memories” figures