Stake attention in this memory
The image is a close-up of a tan-colored, rectangular sign mounted on a grey wall. The sign contains printed text in black font, describing the history and development of cajón San Marcos, a type of box used in Andean rural rituals. The sign is located in the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, housed in the Centro Cultural de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú at the coordinates provided in Lima, Peru. The sign's contents focus on Ayacucho artists and their appropriation of Spanish colonial iconography, using religious images in wood or stone. The text highlights the cajón San Marcos as a centerpiece in Andean rural festivals, particularly in the celebration of horseshoring and branding. The sign also mentions the collaboration between Huamanga artisans and Indigenista intellectuals during the 1940s, resulting in the emergence of a new market for cajón San Marcos as an ornamental object.
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