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Perinola

Also known as cup-and-ball

Illustration pattern only. No free-licence photograph yet: can you suggest one?

Catch a wooden ball in a cup joined by cord.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Venezuela.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Modern Heritage (1800 to today), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of The Americas: Andes and South America.

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