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SKU: 8002210

SKU# 8002210

Decorative shell and flippers of this round turtle sculpture are formed from cut and pounded recycled metal. To create pieces such as this, Haitian cut metal artisans cut open 55-gallon drums, hammer them flat, and then mark designs on the black metal with chalk. Using a hammer and chisel, they pound and cut through the metal to make designs.

Among Haiti’s most original art forms, this type of ironwork began in Croix des Bouquets, a small village outside Port-au-Prince. In the early 1930s Georges Liautaud formed imaginative cemetery crosses from recycled metal cut from oil drums. An artistic tradition has grown from those humble beginnings and now the village has become a center for this art, with more than 60 workshops.
  • Cut metal
  • Indoor or protected use only
  • 14.5Lx13W inches
  • Made in Haiti

UPC Code: 732919444315

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The nonprofit CAH, Comité Artisanal Haitien or Haitian Committee of Artisans, markets and exports crafts made by Haitian artisans, cooperatives and craft groups.

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