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OUR COLLECTION — LATIN AMERICA — PERU  378. 50-PIECE FINGER PUPPET NATIVITY

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This Nativity scene consists of 50 finger puppets, each hand-crocheted from wool. The puppets are made by rural women who live in the Puno region of Southeastern Peru. The many women work together in a cooperative so that they are able to craft 10,000 puppets each month. Many of the small villages where the women spin wool and crochet are far from developed cities, so they have no technology to assist them in their work. The puppets measure 3 to 3.5 inches tall.

The Puno area is located on the edge of Lake Titicaca, which borders Bolivia. The area surrounding the city of Puno is where the Aymara civilization started. Knitting and textile arts have been practiced for thousands of years by both the men and women equally on the island of Taquile, (Isla Taquile) in the middle of Lake Titicaca.

The set includes all the following pieces:
  1. Mary
  2. Baby Jesus 
  3. Joseph
  4. Angels - 3 
  5. Woodcutters (shepherds) - 3 
  6. Wise men - 3 
  7. Trees - 5
  8. Swan 
  9. Dove 
  10. Parrot
  11. Toucan
  12. Condor 
  13. Peacock 
  14. Hen 
  15. Duck 
  16. Andean Villagers - 8
  17. Ram 
  18. Bull 
  19. Llamas - 3
  20. Horse 
  21. Camel
  22. Sheep 
  23. Vicuña (the national animal of Peru; relative of the llama) 
  24. Cow 
  25. Donkey 
  26. Goat 
  27. Squirrel 
  28. Pig 
  29. Monkey with banana 
  30. Puma 
  31. Rabbit with carrot 
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