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Solentiname Large Carved Wood Sculpture - Freshwater Turtle - Solentiname Archipielago, Nicaragua
$365.00
Code: CRFA048
Size: 16" wide, 25 1/2" long (41 x 64 cm)
This carved and painted balsa wood sculpture/painting of a freshwater turtle (endemic to Lake Nicaragua) has a typical Solentiname archipelago scene painted on its carapace - scattered islets, water craft, islander dwellings and the looming volcanos on the distant horizon.
It was created by a local folk artisan of the Solentiname Archipelago on the southern edge of Lake Nicaragua close to the border with Costa Rica. The Namu collection has always featured Solentiname folk arts consisting of carved/painted wood figures of local fauna and highly detailed oil paintings on canvas. Many of the residents of the southeastern edge of Lake Nicaragua and the Northern Plains and Rio Frio National Park of Costa Rica are related.
It would seem that the border between Nicaragua and Costa Rica in this region is simply an abstraction existing only on the map!
Size: 16" wide, 25 1/2" long (41 x 64 cm)
This carved and painted balsa wood sculpture/painting of a freshwater turtle (endemic to Lake Nicaragua) has a typical Solentiname archipelago scene painted on its carapace - scattered islets, water craft, islander dwellings and the looming volcanos on the distant horizon.
It was created by a local folk artisan of the Solentiname Archipelago on the southern edge of Lake Nicaragua close to the border with Costa Rica. The Namu collection has always featured Solentiname folk arts consisting of carved/painted wood figures of local fauna and highly detailed oil paintings on canvas. Many of the residents of the southeastern edge of Lake Nicaragua and the Northern Plains and Rio Frio National Park of Costa Rica are related.
It would seem that the border between Nicaragua and Costa Rica in this region is simply an abstraction existing only on the map!