Skeleton Wedding Matchbox Retablo

$13.00

This skeleton retablo is beautifully crafted by inside a match box. The scene depicts a couple on their wedding day.

Handmade in Peru
Plaster figures in a box
Measures 2 1/4 in x 1.5 in

A true item of traditional Peruvian folk art. Day of the Dead (Spanish Dia de los Muertos) is celebrated in Mexico and other Latin American countries and is also called All Souls Day. The religious holiday is celebrated in joyous remembrance of deceased loved ones. Beautiful skeleton folkart is crafted and purchased to place on home altars and at the cemeteries in homage to one's ancestors. Special bread, candies and other foods are also prepared.