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Description:
Item/Description: Antique/Vintage South American (? Peruvian, ? Andes-Andean) Primitive Folk Art, Story-Telling Rattling-Rattle Gourd.
***Intricately, lavishly, and artistically hand-carved (and ? Burned), imagery depicted is that of: Farmers; Scythes; Hoeing; Animals - Goats; Llamas; Donkeys-Mules; Oxen-Steers-Bulls-Cows; Calves; Lambs-Sheep; Plowing; Fields of Wheat-Straw; Houses; Costumed People Holding Hands Dancing-Working in the Fields; Livestock Paddocks; Pottery; Musicians Playing Horn-Percussion Instruments; Various Symbols-Graphics - Astral; Floral; Abstract; Diamonds; Flowers; Ram’s Horn (see photos - which are only a partial representation of all the imagery actually contained on this Gourd)
***Gourds are ancient plants, predating baskets as useful containers by thousands of years, and carving of same is an extraordinarily labor-intensive process, with each individual Gourd becoming a uniquely one-of-a-kind Folk Art Masterpiece!
Age/Period: ? Antique/? Vintage
Manufacturer/Identification/Markings: Unmarked
Material(s)/Format: Gourd
Size/Measurements: 5" in Diameter x 3 1/4
Condition: Exquisitely artistic, evincing no noted condition issues!
| Status: For Sale |
Reference#: South_American_Folk_Art_Story_Telling_Rattle_Gourd |
| Condition:
Exquisite |
Year:
Antique/Vintage - Exact Date Unknown
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