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And an easy souvenir to carry home in your luggage. This lovely beaded bowl is traditional Huichol Indian (Mexico) work. It's done one bead at a time, set into a mix of pine pitch and bee's wax. They used some kind of gourd for the base. This is one of the many kinds of amazing craft they do; some years ago a CAR was shown all over the web that two families covered with seed beads using this technique! https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/meet-the-vochol-163702332/ Copyright 2024 All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users

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