Retablos and Huamanga Stone Nativities
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Retablos are wooden boxes filled with brightly coloured figures arranged into intricate narrative scenes of religious, historical and everyday events important to the indigenous people of the highlands of Peru.
Piedra de Huamanga is a soft stone which comes from one of the major handicraft centers of the Andes, Ayacucho, Peru. Once quarried,it is hand cut and fashioned into many items, including these miniature nativity scenes.
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