   cardswool tapestries & pillows alpaca knit dolls, alpaca fur animal dolls, finger puppets cuzco & caxamarca style mirrors painted & inlaid wood boxes gourd animals musical instruments small clay animals      |
| ALPACA KNIT DOLLS, ALPACA FUR ANIMAL DOLLS, & FINGER PUPPETS December 15, 1995, Juliana Miranda Flores organized women in her district into a group they named Barolina Sisa, after a local heroine. Her town, Pisacoma, is very high up in the mountains near the Bolivian border. It is an alpaca area, very inaccessible with a bus coming only once a week. This womens group works exclusively with the alpaca wool, knitting all sorts of clothing. There is also this adorable alpaca toy made with the fur of the alpaca. |
 an alpaca |
 10" x 8 1/2"h |
| The alpaca dolls made by a group called AAASIQUA, are hand knit using only natural, un-dyed wool. Some will be mostly brown, others gray, cream, beige. There is lots of detail such as the knit petticoat and tights not seen in photo. Divinely soft! |  |
 10 1/2" |
| The finger puppets are made by Creaciones del Ande. Photo is of the five elders in the group of sixteen. |  |
 duck |
 caterpillar |
 houpa bird |
 lizards |
 lady bug |
 turtle |
 gray snail |
 brown snail |
 bee |
 skunk |
 woodpecker |
 squirrel |
 humming bird |
 fox |
 mouse |
 ant |
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 owl |
 bunny with carrot |
 parrot |
 elephant |
 monkey 74 |
 monkey 96 |
 giraffe |
 lion 08 |
 lion 5.7 |
