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| An afternoon at La Rural, the historic exhibition grounds and buildings of Buenos Aires. At this time of the year, about 400 artisans of Argentina and other Latin American countries show their more or less 'one off' wares here. Obviously, to replicate this felt, wool and whatever material creature of Inca head and octopus tail would be difficult to copy - it sure would look in someones funky den... |
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| paper mache figurines |
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| Solidly carved chair - made in the province of Jujuy |
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| Who needs an aquarium with this little school of fish? |
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| Weaving seems to be a prevalent artisan activity in all of Argentina's Provinces |
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| No Feria without local food offerings...free samples... |
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| A felt jacket.. |
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| Surrounded by hand made lace |
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| Ceramics of every kind |
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| Baskets from the swampy regions |
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| Solid wood panel, hand carved... |
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| Selling Mate paraphernalia, and sipping a mate whilst waiting for customers... |
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| Putting the final polish on a piece of jewellery |
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| Flocks of tiny wooden birds... |
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| Metal implements - sugar spoons? |
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| Hand crafted filigree in silver |
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| Creating a chair from wood and leather |
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| Folding a hand woven blanket of llama wool |
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| And the unavoidable 'cute' stuff |
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| Hand carved whale bone cane |
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| Creative weaving and artisan couture.. |
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| Nativity Scene with Creator in back ground |
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| No Feria without music and dancing...here a folkloric band and dancers from the Province of Santiage de Estero |
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| Detail of a hand crafted pendant |
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| Exhibition Cats....fresh ground meat and a bone, with a large bowl of water (not in photograph) and the felines are happy campers, albeit homeless. |
