Traditional Cuchara Style Tupo

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Handmade in 950 silver, by our friends and artisan partners, Hilda Cachi and Gregorio Cachi in Cusco.  As with all the work of the Cachi family, this is a traditional design using traditional methods.

A traditional Colonial style Cuchara style tupo, this design incorporates pre-Columbian symbolism.
Large spoon displays the face of the god of the water, flanked by 2 fish and a frog.
2 Dangles are of chain, handmade in the Cachi studio with spondylus and charms.

Tupos are a form of “stick pin”, a large stick pin, meant to be used with shawls, scarves, blankets.  

 

$325.00

1 in stock

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