Print, Curandero Maldeamores / Healer for the Lovesick

NameScreen Print

Artist or maker Ruta Mare

Date2017

Place madeLima, Lima, Peru, South America

MediumPaper, ink

Dimensions27 11/16 × 19 11/16 × 3/8 in. (70.3 × 50 × 1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2017.41.1

Object numberFA.2017.41.1

DescriptionScreen print on thick, white paper. Image of a figure of a man with brown skin, wearing a hat and a striped shirt. The man is holding some cards in front of him and smoke is coming from his mouth. The ground is black and all around the figure is text. The colors are flourescent.