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Retablo

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Retablo 

in a number of Latin American countries, a votive offering in the form of a religious picture in gratitude for deliverance from some danger, illness, and the like.



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"Senor," answered one of the party, "under these cloths are some images carved in relief intended for a retablo we are putting up in our village; we carry them covered up that they may not be soiled, and on our shoulders that they may not be broken.
 
 
 
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