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
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.
Artist Not Recorded
Artist Not Recorded
Late 19th - ea 20th century
Jesús Urbano Cardenas
c. 1985
Artist Not Recorded
Late 19th - early 20th century
