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4 Guna Nuchu Carved Wood Medicine Figures - 4 Guna Nuchu Carved Wood Medicine Figures. Four traditional hand-carved and painted wooden nuchu (uchu) medicine figures, 9”-10”. Each has a blue painted skirt with yellow, red, and white decoration, blue, yellow, and red stripes painted on the arms and legs, and a red headscarf with yellow accents and geometric motifs. The blouses are black, yellow, white, and orange. Three have nose rings; thin sheet pieces attached at the ears represent earrings, and others at the neck represent pendants such as the moon, stars, or birds. Some areas of paint are less saturated, and one figure is missing an earring.