16" Gaucho Doll by Joao PerottiJoao Peretti was a Lenci designer who started a business in Brazil. He ...

16" Gaucho Doll by Joao Perotti
Joao Peretti was a Lenci designer who started a business in Brazil. He created this Gaucho, dressed in the traditional clothes of the South American Pampas. He sips from the chimarrao, a gourd for drinking mate' or tea. The strap is for rounding up cattle. He is tagged under the hanging part of his belt. His face & body are formed & painted , with hands, & stuffed cloth body. There is a small hole in the felt covering just below his mouth. He was made somewhere around 1930. His blanket has a bit of rust staining from a stand.

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