The Indigenous Wayuu Nation in both Colombia and Venezuela are the direct descendants of the Arawak People who once inhabited a huge portion of the southern Caribbean before European colonization. The Wayuu’s worldview is chock full of stories about the sea and its inhabitants. They consider themselves protectors of an ancient culture based on maintaining a harmonious alliance with nature, the mountains, the trees and animals who are regarded as kin. Dreams of marine turtles are considered messages from Maleiwa (God) and the ancestors. Joshua Qualo's adorable Turtle is carved from antler to a size of approximately 3 1/2" long, 1 1/2" wide and 1" tall. Eyes are from turquoise inlays.
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