DepartmentLatin America

Retablo

NameNicho

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Place madeAyacucho, Peru, South America

MediumWood, gesso, "pasta," paint, leather

Dimensions8 7/8 × 9 13/16 × 4 3/16 in. (22.6 × 24.9 × 10.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the David Thornburg Memorial Collection, A.1977.5.56

Object numberA.1977.5.56

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionPortable nicho, wooden box with two doors at front hinged on leather strips, and triangular cornice at top. Box painted in vivid colors in free designs of flowers with cross-hatched designs juxtaposed.

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