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Florentino Jimenez (Ayacucho, Peru). Retablo representing rustic musicians, ca. 1980. Wood and gypsum paste. From F. Stastny: Las artes populares del Peru, with permission.

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Nunez family (Ayacucho, Peru) Twentieth century. Sanmarcos box representing mule drivers and shepherds in the upper half and a traditional scene of punishment of a thief in the lower. Gypsum paste and wood. From F. Stastny: Las artes populares del Peru, with permission.

When Alicia Bustamante discovered them, the Sanmarcos boxes where a form of art that was practically extinct... 

(From F. Stastny: Las artes populares del Peru, Part Two, Chapter 3. Retablos and Imagery.)

 English translation of a selection can be found here.

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