Context (Field collection)
Letter in MAA Archives from Franca Vincent, Exhibit Designer, 21 February, 1989 to Dr Paul Sant Cassia notes, 'As requested, with the £120. that I was granted by the Museum, I have purchased for the Museum's collection two terracotta presepe from San Gregorio Armeno, Napoli, The cost of the artefacts are as follows:
carmello (camel) cost £60,000 lira = £30 British sterling
veditriche de divadura (vendor of vegetable) cost £180,000 lira = £90 British sterling
I was assisted with the purchasing the presepe by Dr Stefano Mazzoleni and Sr Umberto de Gregorio.'
Event Date 21/2/1989
Author: rachel hand

Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found in workroom February 2020, where it had been since before 2006. Possibly returned from conservation following display.
Event Date 02/2020
Author: rachel hand

Description (Physical description)
Cast metal figure of a camel with two humps and saddle with red cloth. Left foreleg broken and repaired.
Event Date 27/8/2020
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Presepe. Nativity scene figure. Terracotta and metal figure of a camel with two humps and wooden saddle with red cloth. Left foreleg broken and repaired.
Event Date 12/4/2023
Author: Lily Stancliffe