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Mexican Gourd Hand Made/Painted Folk Art Mexico Removable Lid Decorative
$ 24.28
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Description
Whimsical Hand Painted Lacquered Gourd.The gourd is 6 1/2" tall.
It is about 6" wide.
The circumference of the gourd is 16".
Mexican lacquer ware is the name given to gourds and wooden objects that have been coated for decoration purposes.
The lacquer ware process begins by smearing the object with vegetable or insect oil.
Next, it is covered with several coats of powdered soil rich in dolostone. (also known as “
dolostone
” (It is a sedimentary rock composed primarily of the mineral dolomite). They are then left to dry and polished before decorated.
This technique was called laca (lacquer) or maque by the Spaniards because of its similarity with Chinese lacquer ware.
In Michoacan, the wooden objects or gourds are smeared with the axe insect oil. It is made by boiling insect oil, grounding, filtering and finally drying the insect to extract its fat.