Wonderful Old Hand-carved South American Slingshot with Mother, Child, and Hearts in Polychrome jewlery but much weathered and a

but much weathered and a bit harder to make out

great studded collar

The nails on this one are especially tiny and closely laid

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Wonderful Old Hand-carved South American Slingshot with Mother, Child, and Hearts in Polychrome jewlery but much weathered and aThe loveliest example of a figurative slingshot as I believe I've ever seen, and just a marvelous carving which I take as a tender portrayal of the love of a mother for her child (and determination to use a slingshot or any other means necessary to protect him!) I am pretty certain this is Guatemalan, where the slingshot is a traditional handicraft, distinguishable by the forked end, which would be strung with the sling; one sees these incorporating a