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Brunka tribe: 'Jicara' mammals of southern Costa Rica - Anteater
$398.00
Code: MITA028
Size: 25 3/4" long x 6 3/4”tall (65 x 17 cms)
Only two (women) artists create these extraordinary mammal figures in the world. These collectible figures of endemic Costa Rican mammals are particularly so, not only for their uniqueness, but also due to the fact that only 2 individuals create them, the production is slow and only one, maybe two, are made at once. Cecilia Morales, the artisan who made this anteater figure has been, for most of her productive life, a maker of very elaborately decorated jicaras (the gourd-like, dried fruit shell of a local tree ancestrally used for liquid containers). The finely patterned coloured members are carved wood parts (then mounted into the 'jicara' body) . The 'jicara' itself has finely detailed engraving designs in its surface (this is the traditional way the local tribes embellish the surface of these natural water containers.
Size: 25 3/4" long x 6 3/4”tall (65 x 17 cms)
Only two (women) artists create these extraordinary mammal figures in the world. These collectible figures of endemic Costa Rican mammals are particularly so, not only for their uniqueness, but also due to the fact that only 2 individuals create them, the production is slow and only one, maybe two, are made at once. Cecilia Morales, the artisan who made this anteater figure has been, for most of her productive life, a maker of very elaborately decorated jicaras (the gourd-like, dried fruit shell of a local tree ancestrally used for liquid containers). The finely patterned coloured members are carved wood parts (then mounted into the 'jicara' body) . The 'jicara' itself has finely detailed engraving designs in its surface (this is the traditional way the local tribes embellish the surface of these natural water containers.