Retablo, Trucks on Mountain Road

NameRetablo, Portable Box with Scene

Maker Vicenta Flores Ataucusi (Peruvian, born 1966)

Maker Claudio Jiménez Quispe

Date2007

Place madeLima, Peru, South America

MediumWood, potato flour, plaster, paint

Dimensions29 1/2 × 33 × 6 3/4 in. (74.9301 × 83.8202 × 17.145 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Connie Thrasher Jaquith, A.2007.26.9

Object numberA.2007.26.9

Collections

Andean Folk Art

DescriptionRetablo showing trucks on a mountain road in highland Peru. Large shadow box with doors and a triangular section on top. All sides with bright multi-colored flowers and leaves in various designs. Inside of doors painted similarly. At the bottom inside is a village scene with many people, animals and two trucks. All from small images sculpted by the artists. The top half is a mountain scene with many cars, trucks and people traveling on two levels. Again all pieces sculpted by the artists. Back is painted red.