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Painted gourd container with spherical base and long curved neck. A small circular opening has been cut out at shoulder and thick black vertical lines run from top of neck to centre of base. A twisted grass string is looped through tiny holes at the top and knotted at the end.
Gourd container with long, narrow, curved neck and circular opening near top end. Using thick dark stain or varnish, the outside surface has been decorated with flower petals, a large bug, triangles and zigzag lines, circles, and a looped snake made up of squares. A braided grass rope is looped through the opening and a small hole above it.
Half an oval-shaped gourd with engraved decoration covering the exterior surface. A duck swimming on water, a flying bird and a flower, surrounded with a border of semi-circles and zigzags, are painted in bands of green and red colour which contrast with the lighter natural brown background that has been carved out. The word AMOR (love) is carved above the beak of the bird.
Large round flat based gourd with engraved decoration covering most of surface and dried seeds that rattle.. Depicted is a jungle scene, divided into an upper and lower area by a zigzag border of connected tree branches that encircles the gourd. Numerous monkeys, exotic birds, jaguars and wild pigs inhabit the foliage that completely surrounds a small hut and three figures near the bottom.
Half spherical gourd with engraved decoration covering the exterior surface. A scene of a thatched hut beneath a tree on the banks of a river, surrounded by lotus flowers and a border of incised zigzag, is painted dark brown and contrasts with the lighter natural brown background that has been carved out. The words TE AMO (I love you) are carved above the hut.
Bowl-shaped half of a round gourd with engraved decoration on the exterior surface. Around the rim is a band of linked circles between two solid bands. Below, two four-line poems in Spanish separate a scene of a house and flower and a scene of flowers and a decorated bowl.
Elongated oval-shaped rattling gourd with long narrow neck at one end has engraved and painted decoration covering most of surface. Encircling the top and bottom are hearts and geometric designs, as well as a narrative and the artists signature. The storytelling scenes on the main body seem continuous and show figures working in the fields, walking in the mountains, taking part in a wedding, a church ceremony and a funeral, dancing and playing instruments.
Large round gourd, slightly conical at top, with concave area at base and side, has black and brown stained engraving covering most of surface and dried seeds inside that rattle. Facing towards and encircling a flower at the centre of the upper area, are numerous winged insects. The lower portion has been divided into four bordered areas, each with a depiction of village festivity, such as a bull fight and religious celebration, with musicians, dancing and food.
Long neck or bandolier style ornamental belt. Composed of thirteen strands of black and white seeds arranged to make a triangular pattern of alternate colours. Attached are six dried birds; two large orange, black and grey birds with a smaller grey and black bird at the opposing end. Around the sides are three small black birds with blue, green and red feathers and one brown bird.
A loom with an unfinished woven textile consisting of patterned bands with a white central stripe with red and green birds and geometric shapes on a red ground. The alternate side has patterned bands of small white birds and geometric shapes with thin green stripes on a red ground. The textile is attached at the top and bottom to three cylindrical shaped wooden sticks; one at the top, two at the bottom. Intertwine in the multi-coloured warp is a thin cylindrical shaped heddle covered in white twine and one thin cylindrical shaped tool.