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2 Guna Nuchu Carved Wood Medicine Figures - 2 Guna Nuchu Carved Wood Medicine Figures. Two hand-carved wooden nuchu (uchu) medicine figures depicting women, each 8”, carved from a single block of wood with defined facial features and flat torsos. Both have earrings, faint blush on the cheeks, and painted red headscarves with yellow accents; one has painted eyes, the other does not. The first has a blue torso with a painted necklace and a star pattern in green, red, and blue, with the lower torso projecting outward. The second has a blue upper torso with a painted necklace and a yellow zigzag pattern with red and blue dots, also with a projecting lower torso. Some faded paint and marks.