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INDIA HAND PAINTED HUMMING BIRD JEWELRY BOX + FREE GIFT
Product #: BIRD_BOX+FREE_GIFT
BRAND NEW IMPORTED ITEM + FREE GIFT!
Item: Humming Bird BoxMeasurement: 3" CircleHeight: 1 1/2"
This colorful Humming Bird Box is imported from Kashmiri, India, and formed from paper-maché using a traditional crafting process.
Each round Box is hand painted, which makes every one an original! As an historical art form, paper-maché objects are traditionally decorated with scenes from nature or courtly scenes from India's history. Colors include Red, Green, Blue and Black on a Gold-colored background. The inside is solid Black.
The Lid is notched, so you can easily match it to the notch on the Bottom for closing. It's a great Storage Box for small jewelry items and can also be a Gift box, a Storage Box, a Catch-All Box.....so many uses!
FREE GIFT: When you receive this item, you will also receive a Mystery Gift of our choice worth a minimum retail value of $9.95! This is our way to THANK YOU for shopping AMSCO!
THE PROCESS of creating a quality piece of paper-maché is a lengthy one that entails many Artisans and many weeks. To being the process, the paper is soaked up to 5 weeks, then beaten into pulp by an over-sized mortar. The pulp is dried in the sun until it turns to powder, and the powder is mixed with rice water and allowed to congeal into a paste that is poured into a wooden mold and allowed to form.
When the Box is released from the mold, it is smoothed with a pumice stone and covered with tissue and glue. The background color is then applied by hand and the Box moves on to a Master Artist who sketches out the scene or design for other Artists to fill in with paints. Finally, 2 coats of lacquer are applied and the Box dries for 2-5 days.
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