Christmas in El Salvador Pinewood retablo _artisan--novica-artisan-8093 each detail steeped in traditional

each detail steeped in traditional Balinese design

Depicting a stylized sun

Indian artisan Ashish Mehta handcrafts this assorted set of six

Set on black agate

evoking the colors of the sea

Christmas in El Salvador Pinewood retablo _artisan--novica-artisan-8093 each detail steeped in traditionalThis brilliant retablo celebrates the nativity in a Central American setting. Accompanied by a cow and a donkey, Mary and Joseph receive the newborn Christ child. Birds, butterflies, a lamb and an armadillo celebrate beneath the sun of El Salvador. A fusion of religious belief and daily life, this diorama by Maria Estela Perlera de Portillo is a manifestation of folk art and faith. It is designed to display on a table or on the wall. materials: