WORLD NATIVITY
  • Home
  • Our Story
  • Our Collection
    • Africa Collection
    • Asia Collection
    • Latin America Collection
  • Nativities for Sale
    • New Items
    • Purchasing Instructions
    • Africa Nativities
    • Asia Nativities
    • Latin America Nativities
    • Last Ones! Nativities
    • Cards
    • Ornaments
  • Contact

OUR COLLECTION — AFRICA — IVORY COAST  381. ELABORATE BRASS NATIVITY

Picture
This elaborate 15-piece brass Nativity from Ivory Coast was created using the lost-wax casting technique. In this labor-intensive process, the artisans make individual wax figures over an open fire until exact. Reeds, as tubes, are fixed to the top of each figure. The wax is then dipped into finely powdered mud several times, with hardening in between applications. This process forms a clay casting around the mold. Next, the clay is heated until the wax melts and pours out. Using the tubes, molten brass is poured into the space left in the clay form by the wax. When the brass has cooled, the clay is broken away. Any necessary finishing details are then done by hand.
​
The set includes: the Holy Family, an angel, two shepherds holding sticks and cloth pouches, a village woman with a woven tray of food, an ox, a donkey, two sheep, three wise men, and a camel. The shepherds stand 6 inches tall.
​◄  previous Nativity in Our Collection
​​​next Nativity in Our Collection  ►

◄  back to Africa Collection
          go to Nativities for Sale​  ►

Home

Our Story

Our Collection

Nativities for Sale

Contact

© World Nativity 2005 - 2025
  • Home
  • Our Story
  • Our Collection
    • Africa Collection
    • Asia Collection
    • Latin America Collection
  • Nativities for Sale
    • New Items
    • Purchasing Instructions
    • Africa Nativities
    • Asia Nativities
    • Latin America Nativities
    • Last Ones! Nativities
    • Cards
    • Ornaments
  • Contact