Retablo with Saints and Villagers

NameRetablo; Shrine, Portable Altar

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca. 1920

Place madeHuamanga, Ayacucho, Peru, South America

MediumWood, gesso, paint, paper

DimensionsOverall: 11 x 8 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (28 x 22.25 x 9.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2006.12.1

Object numberFA.2006.12.1

Collections

Andean Folk Art

DescriptionPainted wood box with vertical panel doors which open on the front to reveal 2 scenes. The doors are painted white with red and green radiant "flowers" over which are pasted small prints of religious figures. The larger upper scene has three large patron saints of the animals behind smaller images of villagers and thier animals. It measures 16-1/2 cm tall and 20 cm wide and has 14 human figures - 10 animal figures. The smaller lower scene has 7 human figures and 8 animal or bird figures in a space 8-1/2 cm tall and 20 cm wide.