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Festival de Cortamonte (Tree Cutting Party) Scene
Festival de Cortamonte (Tree Cutting Party) Scene
Festival de Cortamonte (Tree Cutting Party) Scene
DepartmentLatin America

Festival de Cortamonte (Tree Cutting Party) Scene

NameFigure Group
Maker Pedro Abilio Gonzáles Flores (1912 - 2006)
Datec. 1958
Place madeHuancayo, Junín, Peru, South America
MediumWood (maguey), fabric, gesso, vegetal, paint
Dimensions17 1/8 × 17 1/2 × 11 1/4 in. (43.5 × 44.5 × 28.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.32.863
Object numberA.1979.32.863
Collections
DescriptionScene on a rectangular green painted base depicts a competition to cut down a tree, including musicians, men with hatchets and community figures gathered around a tree. Includes 18 figures, tree, barrel.
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