Overlooked wooden box at UK museum turns out to be ‘very rare’ 300-year-old item
The small box once belonged to Rudyard Kipling and sits on display at his former home, but curators didn’t pay much attention ...
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Lacquered box at Rudyard Kipling’s former home revealed to be rare example of South American decorative art
The box is an example of Barniz de Pasto work, an ancient South American technique of applying and carving thin layers of coloured resin extracted from the seeds of a local shrub. It is still ...
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Overlooked wooden box at UK museum turns out to be ‘very rare’ 300-year-old item
Museum curators recently took a closer look at the box after hearing about another museum’s project focusing on an indigenous South American art technique known as Barniz de Pasto. Sure enough ...