DepartmentLatin America
Retablo, wedding
NameShrine
Artist or maker
Nuñez Family
(Peruvian)
Datec. 1958
Place madeAyacucho, Peru, South America
MediumOrganic, wood, paint
Dimensions23 1/16 × 16 15/16 × 5 1/8 in. (58.5 × 43 × 13 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.32.873
Object numberA.1979.32.873
DescriptionBox with 2 hinged doors on front, pediment on top. Exterior white with multicolor floral and abstract designs. Interior is mold-made, hand-built figures in 3 tiers. Top has church with candles and parishioners.
Artist not recorded
Late 19th - early 20th century
Jesús Urbano Cardenas
c. 1985
Artist not recorded
Late 19th - ea 20th century