The Americas · c. 1500 BCE – today
Ekeko & alasitas miniatures
What it is
Ekeko, the moustached Aymara god of abundance, laden with miniature goods (money, houses, food, cars) that the owner wishes for at the Alasitas fair in La Paz. He must be “fed” a cigarette on Fridays.Making yours
10–25 cm plaster or clay figure with open mouth, laden with tiny tin, cloth and paper goods.
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Every type in the gallery
Anything in the gallery can be made, by hand, in the prescribed metal or yours and, where the tradition names an hour, at that hour or with a plain note that it was not. Numbered. Price on commission, quoted first. I reply within one business day.