DepartmentLatin America
Retablo with Nativity, Fiesta and Nopale Picking Scenes
NameRetablo
Maker
Marino Palomino
Datec. 1980
Place madeHuancavelica, Peru, South America
MediumWood, pasta (potato paste), paint
Dimensions29 3/4 × 30 × 5 1/4 in. (75.565 × 76.2 × 13.335 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.2570
Object numberA.1995.93.2570
DescriptionPainted wood cabinet (retablo) with three shelves: On the top, a nativity scene; In the center, a local festival; and on the bottom, picking prickly pear cactus fruit. Box with pair of doors, projecting pediment with sculpted and painted floral forms at top, and a base upon which the box sits.
Jesús Urbano Cardenas
c. 1985
