Bidspirit auction | Guna Nuchu Carved Wood Medicine

Guna Nuchu Carved Wood Medicine Figure and Small Mola - Guna Nuchu Carved Wood Medicine Figure and Small Mola. Hand-carved, painted wooden nuchu (uchu) medicine figure on a circular base. The headscarf is painted red with yellow accents, most of the body is painted green, and a pendant is painted at the neck. A prominent nose with the traditional painted black line, blush on the cheeks, painted eyes, and small carved arms, 11.5” tall.   Some white paint marks. Also included is a small mola, 6.5” x 8”, depicting the Crucifixion, with Christ on the cross surrounded by small appliqued animals and birds. Some fading on the background.