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Huamanga Stone Sculpture
Peru is home to several different types of stone used for carving: granite, basalt, andesite, lake pebbles (found in Puno) and white alabaster known as piedra de Huamanga, which comes from Ayacucho.
Huamanga Stone Sculpture were born
in colonial times as a result of a shortage of marble
and porcelain. Early motifs included figures of the
infant Christ and other religious imagery such as
saints, crosses, virgins and relics.
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