Unique Peruvian Folk Art Wood Retablo Sculpture - Bethlehem in Lucanas Tigers Eye 18k gold-plated brass

18k gold-plated brass

once based on twenty totems but today representing all kinds of animals

Colorful beads of natural tourmaline circle the neck for a beautiful necklace from Thailand

The weavings are incorporated in this lovely bohemian black handbag from Chirada

adorning the wearer on adjustable cotton cord

Unique Peruvian Folk Art Wood Retablo Sculpture - Bethlehem in Lucanas Tigers Eye 18k gold-plated brassThis colorful box opens to reveal a nativity scene. Alejandro Chvez creates this beautiful retablo, or diorama. Dressed in traditional Andean clothes, Mary and Joseph welcome the newborn Christ child, while shepherds and kings also adore the baby. Chvez crafts the frame from wood and fashions the figures of ceramic plaster, painted by hand. He names the piece 'Bethlehem in Lucanas' for a town in the province of Ayacucho. MDF, ceramic 0. 39 lbs 6