DepartmentLatin America

Figure Group

NameFigure Group; Nativity Figures

Maker Felipe Gonzáles

Datec. 1958

Place madeHuancayo El Tambo, Junin, Peru, South America

MediumWood fiber, gypsum, (tela) hard-paper

Dimensions6 1/2 × 2 15/16 × 2 3/4 in. (16.5 × 7.5 × 7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.32.570V

Object numberA.1979.32.570V

Collections

Andean Folk Art

DescriptionDance of Sapallanga Carachaqui. Carved. Brightly colored. 9 male dancers with maracas, pants, hats, shirts, red and white shoulder sash, and green base. 4 musicians in Cusco costumes and headdress with clarinet, violin, saxaphone and shoulder.

Ochre painting