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A nice and practical storage box for small things. This wooden box was made by hand in southern Colombia and decorated with the Mopa-Mopa technique.
This technique, also known as “barniz de pasto”, is one of the few handicrafts that have survived from the indigenous people of this region.
The Mopa-Mopa resin is obtained from a shrub that grows in the Putumayo department in the Colombian jungle. Twice a year the plant produces a gelatinous paste that is turned into a thin film through a traditional heating process.
The surfaces of various wooden objects are decorated with the Mopa-Mopa resin panels. This phase requires precision and skill because mistakes are almost impossible to correct. The craftsman develops the design while manually gluing the resin sheet onto the object.
Color: multicolor (cream-black-gray-red)
Chest height with lid: 8cm.
Height without lid: 6 cm
Cavity dimensions: depth: 4 cm / diameter: 4 cm
Total width: 10 cm
Material: wood Decorated with Mopa Mopa technique
Origin: Pasto, Colombia
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