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Guna Nuchu Carved Wood Medicine Figure with Dress - Guna Nuchu Carved Wood Medicine Figure with Dress. 11.5”. Traditional hand-carved wooden nuchu (uchu) medicine figure depicting a young woman, possibly 1950s. Carved from lightweight wood, she wears traditional mola panels and a red and yellow decorated headscarf, with a septum ring. Bands on the arms and legs represent the traditional bands worn by Guna women. One arm is broken; some spots and toning on the dress.