Las Mascaras y Los Coruptos / Masks and Corrupt Persons

NameRetablo

Maker Edilberto Jiménez Quispe (Peruvian)

Date2017

Place madeLima, Lima, Peru, South America

MediumWood, plaster, enamel paint, cactus juice

Dimensions83 7/8 × 7 15/16 × 1 9/16 in. (213 × 20.2 × 4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2017.35.2

Object numberFA.2017.35.2

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionWooden retablo in a wooden frame. Retablo is filled with three-dimensional animal and human-like faces. Many are making grotesque expressions. At the bottom, six figures with animal heads and human bodies are holding signs with various messages.