DepartmentLatin America

Retablo

NameRetablo

Maker Vicenta Flores Ataucusi (Peruvian, born 1966)

Date2006

Place madeLima, Peru, South America

Mediumwood, stone

DimensionsOverall: 18 1/2 x 11 7/16 in. (47 x 29 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Connie Thrasher Jaquith, A.2006.48.1

Object numberA.2006.48.1

DescriptionPainted wood box with floral designs on front doors and purple interior devided into 2 horizontal sections. Lower section has 12 human figures and 4 animal figures upper section has 7 human figures (saints, horsemen, devil) and (6 animal figures (chicken, dog, horse, bird, fox, donkey, etc) Figures are nade of Huamanga, a local stone in the Andean region of Ayacucho Pero. Signed on back by artist.