La Fiesta de Santiago

NameFigure Group; Nativity Figures

Maker Pedro Abilio Gonzáles Flores (1912 - 2006)

Maker Felipe Gonzáles

Dateca 1958

Place madeHuancayo, Junín, Peru, South America

MediumWood (maguey), gesso, fabric, paint

Dimensions5 3/8 × 6 5/8 × 2 13/16 in. (13.7 × 16.8 × 7.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.32.578

Object numberA.1979.32.578

Collections

Andean Folk Art

Description"La Fiesta de Santiago", gessoed wood figures, brightly painted and decorated gesso covered fabric clothing. Male figure blowing horn, woman playing drum and singing, small black and white spotted animal in front. Box between figures has cocoa leaves on top.