Nicario Jiménez Quispe
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Nicario Jiménez Quispe
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Nicario Jiménez Quispe is a Peruvian-American retablo maker. He was born in the village of Alcamenca in Ayacucho, Peru, high in the Andes mountain range. He makes traditional Andean altarpieces, small wooden boxes filled with figures, animals and other objects that tell a story. Spanish priests used them to teach about the Catholic saints. He is a third generation retablo artist and learned the tradition from his father and grandfather. He also studied sculpture at several universities in Peru.
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Peruvian-American retablo maker (born 1957)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicario_Jim%C3%A9nez_Quispe
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2023-12-10T21:48:14Z
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