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This piece features: "Jumping Bird" / Pajaro Saltarin / Piluctuc The name of this bird refers to its natural inclination to jump from branch to branch or from tree to tree... a beautiful, colorful sight. This is also a wetlands bird. Hummingbird / Colibri / Pijio This is a bird that is know by Malekus for its curiosity. Blue Morpho Butterfly / Mariposa Azul / Fufu The Blue Morpho is the national butterfly of Costa Rica. Its gorgeous blue wings flutter gracefully through fields and forests throughout the country. For the Malekus, the bright blue of the Morpho represents the color of love.
These products are made from the jicara fruit. When the fruit has developed over a three-month period, it is harvested and carved before the shell becomes too hard. The fruit is picked, cut in half or cored, as in the case of making jugs, and emptied of seeds and pulp. The surface is smoothed and then painted in acrylics.. The pupa can be used as a cup or a bowl, and the designs serve as reminders of the natural surroundings on the Maleku reservation. Because every piece of art shown on this web site is made to order, we do not stock inventory. Please send an e-mail describing which pieces you would like, and they will be custom made and shipped directly to you.
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