DepartmentLatin America

Retablo, the Condor and the Fox

NameRetablo

Maker Florentino Jiménez Toma (Peruvian, 1935 - 2005)

Maker Edilberto Jiménez Quispe (Peruvian)

Date1988

Place madeAyacucho, Peru, South America

MediumWood, paint, plaster, potato paste, leather

DimensionsRetablo closed: 19 11/16 × 12 3/16 × 7 3/8 in. (50 × 31 × 18.8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Linda Alexander, A.2020.25.24

Object numberA.2020.25.24

ProvenancePurchased by the donor from the artists

DescriptionThis retablo consists of a large box frame with two doors that are connected by hinges of leather. The exterior of the case is heavily painted with pink, red, yellow and purple floral details on a white ground, with edges in red. The interior of the retablo consists of four scenes; two in the central part of the retabloe one on top or the other divided by a red shelf, and one scene inside each of the doors.