DepartmentLatin America

Retablo with crafts shops and market scene

NameShrine; Portable Box

Maker Jesús Urbano Rojas

Datec. 1958

Place madeAyacucho, Peru, South America

MediumWood, potato flour, plaster, paint

Dimensions28 1/2 × 36 × 4 11/16 in. (72.4 × 91.4402 × 11.9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.44.238

Object numberA.1979.44.238

Collections

Andean Folk Art

DescriptionBox with 2 hinged doors in front, pediment on top. Exterior is white with multicolor floral and abstract designs. Interior is hand-built with 5 scenes on 3 tiers (two scenes each in top and bottom tiers). Four depict typical crafts made (hats, textiles, ceramics goods and retablo boxes) within shops, the central scene depicts a market.