Cross of Lamentation Hand Made Religious Wood Retablo Diorama Andean Folk Art _artisan--novica-artisan-11241 Ensure that these sweet animals

Ensure that these sweet animals have everything they need until they find their forever home

Guatemalan artisan Manuel Delfino draws inspiration from the striking image of a woodpecker

Hand woven grass with batik fabric

Shubhra Singh designs this beautiful necklace with sleek lapis lazuli crowning a lacy silver jali

Cross of Lamentation Hand Made Religious Wood Retablo Diorama Andean Folk Art _artisan--novica-artisan-11241 Ensure that these sweet animalsAfter Christ's death on the cross, the image itself came to be venerated as one of the most important Christian symbols. Alejandro Chvez shows an empty cross, graced with a portrait of Jesus. Ladders reach to beams where ofrendas (offerings) have been placed. Figures in traditional Andean dress kneel below the cross, their eyes lifted in devout prayer. Known as a retablo, this traditional diorama is housed in a colorful chest crafted of wood and