Tabla de Sarhua
Place made:Ayacucho, Peru
Date: 1956
Medium: Wood, gesso, and paint
Dimensions:
height: 108 in. (274.3 cm)
width: 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)
depth: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Friends of Folk Art
Object number: 91.107.1
Label Text
In the town of Sarhua, located in the southern Peruvian province of Ayacucho, homes are traditionally built with the help of the community in the spirit of the systems of collective reciprocal work of the Quechua people. A compadre, someone close to the family whose home is being built, is tasked with painting a wooden beam that would be placed in the Hatun Wasi, a special room in the home. The beam depicts those who helped with building the home, along with important images such as the
Virgin of the Assumption, the patron saint of Sarhua.
En el pueblo de Sarhua, ubicado en el departamento sureño de Ayacucho, las casas se construyen con la ayuda de la comunidad en un espíritu de trabajo colectivo recíproco de la cultura Quechua. Un compadre cercano a la familia cuya casa se está construyendo, se encarga de pintar una viga que se colocará en el Hatun Wasi, una sala especial de la casa. La viga representa a las personas que ayudaron a construir la casa, junto a imágenes importantes como la Virgen de la Asunción, patrona de Sarhua.
(LA, 2020)
Virgin of the Assumption, the patron saint of Sarhua.
En el pueblo de Sarhua, ubicado en el departamento sureño de Ayacucho, las casas se construyen con la ayuda de la comunidad en un espíritu de trabajo colectivo recíproco de la cultura Quechua. Un compadre cercano a la familia cuya casa se está construyendo, se encarga de pintar una viga que se colocará en el Hatun Wasi, una sala especial de la casa. La viga representa a las personas que ayudaron a construir la casa, junto a imágenes importantes como la Virgen de la Asunción, patrona de Sarhua.
(LA, 2020)
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