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Object Number
970-24-30/8798
Display Title
Retablo. Wood chest lined with flowered paper, nativity scene inside lid
Descriptions
Object Description
Retablo by jaaquin lopez antoya. wood chest lined with flowered paper. Nativity scene in modelled painted plaster inside lid. Exterior covered with tin painted in brown and green stripes with gold.
Inventory Description
Trunk, painted exterior, with 2 retablos in lid: 1 of nativity, 1 of cockfight
Classification
- Art 3-D
Department
Ethnographic
Artist
Jaaquin Lopez Antoya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Lima Region
/
Lima Province
/
Lima
Dimensions
Overall: 31.3 x 38 x 28 cm (12 5/16 x 14 15/16 x 11 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
970-24-30/8798
Provenance
Collector
Howard H. Tewksbury
(1953-1954)
Donor
Donated by
Howard H. Tewksbury
(1970)
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