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Snuffbox Corozo, Women Lyre and Harp, Folk Art, 19th

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Corozo snuffbox, decorated with Harp and Lyre Women playing, folk art, 19th

Snuffbox corozo finely carved, decorated with a woman playing the lyre and a couple where the woman holds a harp, marine work or convict * of XIXth century.

This snuff box is in good condition.

A note: the hinge is broken and will be repaired, one eye of the character of the end of the snuff box, use wear see photos.

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* The "palm ivory" from the Amazon rainforest bear fruit whose pulpit inner (endosperm) becomes very hard when dry and texture very similar to ivory. It is this which is called vegetable ivory or tagua tagua. The tagua nut carves, turns, polishes easily and almost as finely as ivory. The tagua nut was worked by the sailors who made ??such small boxes, snuff graters or tobacco also made ??by convicts. The latter worked to pass the time but mainly to get some money to improve their lives. Can also be attributed to sailors during their long journeys. These objects are corozo finest examples of folk art.