DepartmentLatin America

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NamePainting

Maker Pompeyo Berrocal Evanán

Date2007

Place madeSarhua, Ayacucho, Peru, South America

MediumWood, paint

DimensionsOverall: 16 1/8 x 7 1/16 in. (41 x 18 cm)

Credit LineIFAF Collection

Object numberFA.2008.60.8

Collections

Andean Folk Art

DescriptionThis painting is executed on a vertical wood panel divided into two frames by horizonal floral bands. The top frame shows a man and woman cooking a guinea pig; the bottom frame shows a curandero using a guinea pig to heal a sick man. Another man helps him; a woman offers a drink. An inscription is written in black below the bottom band.