By Ellen
These are such special ornaments! So different than what one can get at a big-box store. They make me want to leave my Christmas tree up all year long!
By Barbara
This traditional Ayacucho-style retablo is perfectly executed. its atrue collectors item. It can be displayed on a tabletop or on the wall. Fast delivery, safe packaging.
By MARIA
small but that is what I was looking for; compact; such detail in the figures I love folk art and stones and to carve the holy family in pink stone is beyond words. The wrapping was pretty with ribbon with a small doll in the center, I display year round in that small nook that needs a little something, wish there were more pieces to add like 3 wise men, camels, donkey Will repurchase from this artist. God Bless the work Novica does around the globe!
"Over the years, I perfected my abilities and became a master retablo craftsman. In some, I depict Biblical scenes and, in others, everyday life in the Andes."
Alejandro Chavez was born in Lima in 1956. He specializes in creating retablos, a kind of reverent diorama-altar typical of the Ayacucho region of... read more
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