DepartmentLatin America
70 Mil Desaparecidos Sepultados en Miles de Fosas Comunes / 70 Thousand Disappeared Buried in Thousands of Mass Graves
NamePrint
Maker
Miguel Det
(Peruvian)
Date2000-2011
Place madeLima, Lima, Peru, South America
MediumPaper, ink
Dimensions16 9/16 × 11 11/16 × 3/8 in. (42 × 29.7 × 1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2017.43.19
Object numberFA.2017.43.19
DescriptionLinework print on white paper. Image of group of dead, naked bodies piled on top of each other fills the background. There appears to be bodies of both men and women. In the foreground at the bottom of the panel are two living people, a man and woman. The man has a receeding hairline and the woman has dark hair. At the top are the words, "70 Mil Desaparecidos Sepultados en Miles de Fosas Comunes."
early 20th C
