Indoor portrait of a living Nativity scene

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A black-and-white photograph of a woman and three men in a biblical scene. Two of the men frame the other man and the woman in the center. The two men are wearing light robes covering their body and head, just showing the hands and faces. The one on the left has his hands in a giving pose and the one on the right is holding a large stick. The man in the center is wearing a plaid blanket draped across his shoulder. The woman is sitting on a bench below him and is wearing a blanket. She is holding a gathering of cloth on her lap to represent a baby.

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