DepartmentLatin America
Las Mascaras y Los Coruptos / Masks and Corrupt Persons
NameRetablo
Maker
Edilberto Jiménez Quispe
(Peruvian)
Date2017
Place madeLima, Lima, Peru, South America
MediumWood, plaster, enamel paint, cactus juice
Dimensions83 7/8 × 7 15/16 × 1 9/16 in. (213 × 20.2 × 4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2017.35.2
Object numberFA.2017.35.2
DescriptionWooden retablo in a wooden frame. Retablo is filled with three-dimensional animal and human-like faces. Many are making grotesque expressions. At the bottom, six figures with animal heads and human bodies are holding signs with various messages.
Artist Not Recorded
Jesús Urbano Cardenas
c. 1985
Artist Not Recorded
Artist Not Recorded
Artist Not Recorded
c. 1960
