Mate burilado
Appearance
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Mate burilado are calabash or gourd fruit decorated by hand with a technique called burilado using the carving instrument called buril or burin. This Peruvian folk art form is found in the Mantaro Valley, as well as in the provinces of Lambayeque and Huanta. For more than 4,000 years, artisans have practiced the tradition of hand-carving dried gourds to document oral narratives.[1] Commonly, the training process takes five years.[2]
Notable people
[edit]- Irma Poma Canchumani (born 1969), Peruvian mate burilado artist and environmental defender
References
[edit]- ^ Brown, Briahnna (24 June 2015). "A Look Behind the Peruvian Art of Gourd Carving". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ Zajur, Holly (28 October 2016). ""Mate Burilado", The Ultimate Pumpkin Carving!". Amazon Aid Foundation. Retrieved 17 February 2023.