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Tropical 'Cedro' Treasure Chest, Honduras Central Highlands
$275.00
Code: CRFA046
Size: 6 1/2" x 9" (16.5 x 23 cms)
Although not a folk arts tradition of Costa Rica, it is indeed a tradition of the 'hermano' Central American country of Honduras. When Galeria Namu was scouring the length and breadth of the Central American isthmus looking for tribal indigenous cultural objects and art forms for the Namu collection, we could not resist including in the official collection this Ladino artform from the central highlands of Honduras. Sadly, this carved wood chest tradition has all but stopped due to the massive exodus to the USA of many of these artisans, thus making such pieces quite collectable as this tradition has noticeably waned as of late. These are remarkable 'cedro' wood chests the 'magic' of which manifests in the way the closed lid aligns so perfectly with the body of the chest that when closed, it looks as if it were a sculpted solid wood block.
Size: 6 1/2" x 9" (16.5 x 23 cms)
Although not a folk arts tradition of Costa Rica, it is indeed a tradition of the 'hermano' Central American country of Honduras. When Galeria Namu was scouring the length and breadth of the Central American isthmus looking for tribal indigenous cultural objects and art forms for the Namu collection, we could not resist including in the official collection this Ladino artform from the central highlands of Honduras. Sadly, this carved wood chest tradition has all but stopped due to the massive exodus to the USA of many of these artisans, thus making such pieces quite collectable as this tradition has noticeably waned as of late. These are remarkable 'cedro' wood chests the 'magic' of which manifests in the way the closed lid aligns so perfectly with the body of the chest that when closed, it looks as if it were a sculpted solid wood block.