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Large traditional Peruvian Torito de Pucará terracotta bull figurine featuring hand-painted green floral details and reddish-brown striped accents.
Legend: They Appeared in Pucara, Puno, during the colonial time under the intellectual conception of the magic religious culture and were born as a representation of the peasant’s ceremonies of cattle bearing. This artistic form has been inherited through hundreds of generations sustained in the belief that it provides new marriages with fertility, prosperity, happiness and the protection of home.
This is why the Pucara Bulls are given as a wedding gift and couples usually place them on the roof of their houses as a symbol of these virtues.
Size: Approximately 13”H x 13”L x 4.5″ W
