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NameHinged Portable Shrine

Maker Vicenta Flores Ataucusi (Peruvian, born 1966)

Maker Claudio Jiménez Quispe

Date2005

Place madeLima and Ayacucho, Peru, South America

MediumHuamanga stone, wood, paint

DimensionsOverall: 17 15/16 x 12 3/16 x 4 3/4 in. (45.5 x 31 x 12 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Connie Thrasher Jaquith, A.2005.28.1

Object numberA.2005.28.1

DescriptionCarved stone figures on to levels in a painted and carved wooden box. Upper level has birds, fox, swans and rooster in foreground and human figures in religious attire as well as one rider on horseback with sword and shield. Lower level has human figures in various poses praying, writing, reading, milking a cow, figures in front smaller than those farther back. Doors of shrine are painted with flower motifs, sides and top have geometric designs. Back unpainted signed with 3 signatures near lower bottom. Hand written "made in Peru" sticker attached to center of back.