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Zoom Kusi Mate // Dark Green-White
Zoom Kusi Mate // Dark Green-White

Kusi Mate // Dark Green-White

39.00 EUR

incl. VAT and excl. shipping

The Kusi Mate is a beautiful decorative object for jewellery and other small belongings. It is made by Alejandro Hurtado Laveriano whose workshop is based in Huancayo, the capital of Junín Region, in the central highlands of Peru. The artisan is an expert in gourd carving, in Spanish known as “mates burilados”. The “Mate Burilado Peruano” (“Peruvian Gourd Art”) is a traditional crafts technique that has been representing communal or personal Peruvian stories in gourds for several thousand years. Alejandro Hurtado Laveriano’s drawings usually represent scenes of farming life. The gourd, known as “mate” in Peru, is the basis of the fine art of the “mate burilado”. To create this design, the gourd is first peeled, cleaned and dried. After that the artisan can carve the three-dimensional design into the gourd, using a special tool called “buril”. The “buril” is a wood stick with a steel nail attached to it. It is common to find miniature drawings on “mates burilados”, which can only be made with the help of magnifying glasses. For this purpose, an additional tool, a kind of scalpel, is used.

Each gourd is naturally grown. Therefore, each Kusi Mate is unique and can vary in size and shape.

Artisan: Alejandro Hurtado Laveriano via Intercrafts in Peru

Design: Alejandro Hurtado Laveriano

100% mate // painted

Ø 10cm

Product number: 108
This is a FOLKDAYS x El Puente product. See here for more information.

Deliveries are made by DHL using DHL go green or their logistics
partners in the target country. Please allow a processing time of 3-5 business days.

GERMANY
Delivery of your order to a domestic address within Germany is free for orders above 200.00 €. If the order is less than 200.00 €, we will charge you a flat-rate delivery fee of 5.90 €.

The average delivery time within Germany is 3-5 days. 

EUROPE
Delivery of your order to a domestic address within Europe is free for
orders above 250.00 €. If the order is less than 250.00 €, we will charge you a flat-rate delivery fee of 7.90 €. 

The average delivery time for Europe shipping is 5-7 days. 

WORLD
Delivery of your order to a domestic address within the rest of the world we will charge you a flat-rate delivery fee of 10.90 €.

The average delivery time for world shipping is 8-14 days.

Read more about Shipping and Returns here.

Design & Production

Artisan: Alejandro Hurtado Laveriano via Intercrafts in Peru

Design: Alejandro Hurtado Laveriano

Material

100% mate // painted

Size

Ø 10cm

More

Product number: 108
This is a FOLKDAYS x El Puente product. See here for more information.

Shipping

Deliveries are made by DHL using DHL go green or their logistics
partners in the target country. Please allow a processing time of 3-5 business days.

GERMANY
Delivery of your order to a domestic address within Germany is free for orders above 200.00 €. If the order is less than 200.00 €, we will charge you a flat-rate delivery fee of 5.90 €.

The average delivery time within Germany is 3-5 days. 

EUROPE
Delivery of your order to a domestic address within Europe is free for
orders above 250.00 €. If the order is less than 250.00 €, we will charge you a flat-rate delivery fee of 7.90 €. 

The average delivery time for Europe shipping is 5-7 days. 

WORLD
Delivery of your order to a domestic address within the rest of the world we will charge you a flat-rate delivery fee of 10.90 €.

The average delivery time for world shipping is 8-14 days.

Read more about Shipping and Returns here.