Dance Altarpiece Portefeuille Home delivery Metropolitan Lima: S/15

Home delivery Metropolitan Lima: S/15

and were taken as reference —by artisans— for the creation of the retablos

Women’s Alpaca Shawls

Style of hat decorated by an Andean flowers motif all made with the stem stitch sewing technique

All embroidery is done by hand

Dance Altarpiece Portefeuille Home delivery Metropolitan Lima: S/15Size: 13 x 18 cm Materials: Resin mass Paper Flour Molded and painted by hand. Ayacucho Style Vintage This type of retablo has its origins in colonial times, when Spanish priests traveled across the Andes to evangelize towns in Peruvian highlands. They used to carry articulated boxes with images of several Catholic saints to make them known to the population. These boxes were called Cajas de San Marcos, or Saint Mark boxes, and were taken as reference