Hat Altarpiece Home These boxes were called “Cajas

These boxes were called “Cajas de San Marcos

Size: 10 x 15 cm

Size: 15 x 10 cm

All made by hand with uniques designs

made by wool used as a movable part of a chair or sofa

Hat Altarpiece Home These boxes were called “CajasSize: 23 x 19 cm Materials: Resin mass Paper Flour Molded and painted by hand. Ayacucho Style full colors This type of retablo has its origins in colonial times, when Spanish priests traveled across the Andes to evangelize towns in Peruvian highlands. They used to carry articulated boxes with images of several Catholic saints to make them known to the population. These boxes were called Cajas de San Marcos, or Saint Mark boxes, and were taken as