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Claudio, his brothers and sisters were born in the village of Alcamenca, which means community working in stony earth in Quechua. Children of the noted Ayacuchan retablista, Florentino Jimenez Toma, their work has been exhibited widely in Peru and in the United States. Claudio Jimenez Quispe (Quispe is his mother's maiden name and it is traditional in Central and South America to incorporate your mother's maiden name into your last name in addition to your father's) has been making retablos since he was 7 years old. At the age of 15, Claudio Jimenez Quispe won two national competitions in folk art.

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