Peru Retablo Diorama Peruvian Folk Art Wood Folding Tube Sculpture Handmade Collectible Wood Leather Ceramic Yarn Nativity
We have five different Diorama's each listed separately from our large collection of all things vintage.
A lovely "tube" wooden box with 8 different scenes, opens to show handcrafted, hand dyed, people, animals, a Nativity scene and many more detailed scenes.
The front of the wooden tube is decorated in a pink and purple stenciled design. It closes perfectly.
Attached to the back top leather hinge are a blue and white piece of yarn to hang the diorama from.
Each end is dyed in hot pink with the top having a label: Made in Peru.
Excellent condition.
It's very colorful, from every angle.
Tremendous detail with each section.
It has two doors with leather hinges.
Figures are made with a mixture of gypsum and cooked potato.
They are molded and then hand-painted, to achieve their characteristic bright color.
Measures Open: 7 1/2" H x 3" W Close: 7 1/2" H x 1 1/2" W
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ABOUT PERUVIAN RETABLOS
The Ayacuchan Retablo is one of the most acknowledged art expressions and an example of the high level of mastery achieved by artisans of the town of Ayacucho, Peru. The origin of the Ayacuchan retablo goes back to the Colonial era, where Spanish priests traveled to evangelize all the towns of the Peruvian highlands, carrying articulated boxes with images of several catholic saints to make them known to the population. These were called San Marcos Boxes and were taken as a reference by artisans who made the retablos. During the 1940’s, the creation of these art pieces started, by using the San Marcos boxes as a reference to design sceneries with various themes related to traditionalist motifs, such as bullfighting, cockfights, traditional dances and parties, rural scenes and agrarian works. The artisans from the Ayacucho town adapted the new boxes and made them their own, changing their name to Retablos (altarpieces).
