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Encyclopedia ID 427
Costa Rican painted oxcart
Also known as Carreta tipica (Sarchi)

Paint the wheel's radial sunburst, the side panels and the yoke with the traditional geometric and flower patterns, matching colour and symmetry rules.
Heritage note
Part of the living heritage of Costa Rica.
Origins
A living tradition passed from person to person; it is not tied to a single dated origin. It belongs to the cultural world of The Americas: Mesoamerica.
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