The Ayacucho retablo is not a fixed image: function, narrative and change
A comparative study of how to read a narrative box without confusing the history of a tradition with the documented history of an individual artwork.
ALLPA CRAFT · RESEARCH NOTEBOOKS
Questions behind the objects
Three original critical reading frameworks for Peru’s craft traditions. Each notebook separates documentary evidence from interpretation, and shared heritage from a specific object’s provenance.
Scope: documentary research, not fieldwork, material testing, peer-reviewed science or certificates of authenticity. Source pages checked online on October 18, 2026; specialist review remains pending.
DOCUMENTARY SERIES · 2026
Explore the studies
Huamanga stone: why material, iconography and provenance require separate evidence
A curatorial provenance framework that avoids turning heritage recognition of a carving tradition into automatic certification of individual sculptures.
Andean textiles: the danger of mistaking visual resemblance for technical continuity
A comparative reading of archaeological textiles and contemporary work: what a motif lets us observe and what similarity alone cannot establish.