Nativity Sets

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.
The scenes inside, include people, animals and mythological figures  produced from a paste made from a doughy mixture of boiled potato and gypsum powder

 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.