Story Window - Bamboo Violins

Jesuit missionaries brought the violin to the Bolivian tropics in the 17th century as a way of convincing the indigenous tribes to listen to them. The Guarayos people adapted the instrument to make their own version, a bamboo violin. This handpainted story window tells the tale: on the outside farmers cut bamboo in the forest, on the inside they play bamboo violins at the town festival.

Size: 9 x 14 inches
Media/Materials: Lead-free acrylic paints hand-painted on tropical cedar.
Artist/Group: Urubicha Painters Workshop of ArteCampo
Item Number: AC180801-BV
Price: 60.00

Story Window - Jaguar Eating the Moon

The Guarayos people explain the lunar eclipse as hungry jaguars eating the moon. This story window tells the legend; on the outside of the window the jaguars are preparing to pounce on the moon. Open the window, and the villagers have run to the streets, banging pots and shooting arrows to scare off the jaguar and save the moon.

Size: 9 x 14 inches
Media/Materials: Lead-free acrylic paints hand-painted on tropical cedar.
Artist/Group: Urubicha Painters Workshop of ArteCampo
Item Number: AC-180801-JM
Price: 60.00