Fanal with Christ Child as Doctorcito, with chicken and basket

The interior decoration surrounds Christ Child. His clothing is embellished with braids, pearls and a brooch with color stones. He is holding a seed beads basket with his right arm. On His left side, a little chicken crafted with the same material. Flowers, like carnations, and roses, along with paper flowers and beads of different colors, together with small bees and other insects, form a wreath.
The Museo de Artes de la Universidad de los Andes, Santiago de Chile, exhibits a group of 16 "fanales". A "fanal" is a structure that consists of a wooden base on which a bell glass or bell jar is mounted, used in Europe during the eighteenth century for scientific and decorative purposes. When transferred to Latin America it takes a totally different character: a “fanal” becomes a devotional object from the moment a religious Christian figure is placed in the inside.