Pedido la Mano Edonovia

Small Tigua painting in a decoratively painted frame. The frame is painted black on all sides. On the front of the frame, there is an orange, blue and green pattern over the black background; the colours combine in an ‘a’ shaped motif. The canvas is formed by a piece of skin stretched and nailed to the back of a wooden frame. The painting itself depicts a marriage ritual in a church. The background is formed by three dark purple walls of the room and the roof. There is a brown table in the foreground with four white wide-brimmed hats resting on it. A wooden crucifix hangs on the left wall. There are two doves in the upper corners of the back wall. In front of the back wall, a man stands behind a wooden table. The man wears a yellow robe and a red vest over top. His hands gesture to the right side of the painting. Atop the table, there is a blue table cloth and three vessels. A man stands on the left side of the table with his arms rested upon it. He wears an orange poncho, purple shirt and white pants; he holds a white string in his hands. There is a woman kneeling and holding a candle in both hands in front of this man, on the left side of the painting. She is in profile view and wears a yellow shawl, red shirt, green skirt and a yellow necklace. In front of the kneeling woman, on the left side of the painting, there is a basket holding three blue jugs. A woman and a man are kneeling in front of the table, with their backs to the viewer. The man wears an orange shirt, dark orange shawl, purple pants and a yellow necklace with a cross pendant. The woman, right of the man, wears a pink shawl, green blouse, black skirt and yellow necklace. Right of the kneeling woman, there is a kneeling man in profile view. He holds a candle in one of his hands. He wears a dark orange shawl, blue shirt, orange pants and yellow necklace with a cross pendant. Behind this man, on the right side of the painting, there is a three-pronged candelabrum with lit candles. The artist’s name is written in white paint in the bottom left corner of the painting. On the back of the skin, the artist’s community and the title of the work are written in black paint. There is also a piece of tape with a number and the size of the object written on it in blue ink.