DepartmentLatin America

San Marcos

NameRetablo, Catholic shrine [Caja de imagenes]; Portable Altar

Maker Juan Antonio Supliguichi

Dateca. 1980

Place madeGualaceo, Azuay, Ecuador, South America

MediumWood, gesso, paint

DimensionsOverall: 9 1/2 x 6 x 3 in. (24.13 x 15.24 x 7.62 cm)

Credit LineIFAF Collection

Object numberFA.2008.45.8

Collections

Andean Folk Art

DescriptionThis blue nicho with pink, white, blue and yellow front, is decorated with two gold pillars and three gold rosettes. A sculpted image of San Marco is on a pedestal inside an arched opening, with two oxen below to his right. Fleur de lis type ornaments top the three spires.