Dance of The Dead Retablo Clothing than machine made

than machine made

This striking copper prayer wheel has dramatic dark colouring

most notably Kathak

Specifications: 13cm × 21cm × 11cm

The hanging comes complete with wooden dowels and a hanging thread and is supplied in its own fabric bag

Dance of The Dead Retablo Clothing than machine madeProduced in the highlands of Peru, retablos are miniature portable shrines deeply rooted in the Ayacucho tradition that traditionally portrayed religious and everyday life scenes in intricately arranged boxes. This particular scene is a fascinating example of how folk art updates to reflect contemporary situations, depicting here a modern day vision of the pandemic. As masked skeleton pallbearers carry a coffin on their shoulders, jubilant spirits fly