Sculptures used for religious evangelism among indigenous peoples 

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Import restricted since 1997.

Section VII.B of the Designated List.

B. OBJECTS THAT WERE USED FOR RELIGIOUS EVANGELISM AMONG INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.
In Colonial paintings and sculptures Western religious themes were reinterpreted by indigenous and mestizo artists who added their own images and other characteristics to create a distinct iconography.
Specific types of objects used for religious evangelism during the Colonial period include the following:

Sculpture
Types of statues include:
A three-dimensional sculpted image: In the Peruvian Colonial period these were made of maguey (a soft wood) and occasionally of cedar or walnut.
Images made of a dough composed of sawdust, glue and plaster: After they are sculpted, figures are dressed with cloth dipped in plaster.
Images to be dressed: These are wooden frames resembling mannequins, with only the head and arms sculpted in wood (cedar or maguey). The images are dressed with embroidered clothes and jewelry. Frequently other elements were added, such as teeth and false eyelashes, wigs of real hair, eyes of colored glass, and palates made of glass.