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Saints and Villagers Retablo
Saints and Villagers Retablo
Saints and Villagers Retablo
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Saints and Villagers Retablo

NameShrine, Portable Altar
Maker Isaac Baldeón (Peruvian)
Maker Nuñez Family (Peruvian)
Datec. 1950
Place madeAyacucho, Peru, South America
MediumWood, potato flour, plaster, paint
Dimensions16 × 24 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (40.6401 × 62.2301 × 8.89 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.32.806
Object numberA.1979.32.806
Collections
DescriptionBox with two hinged doors on front, pediment on top. White with multicolor floral and abstract designs. Moldmade, hand-built figures.