Wonderful Old Hand-carved South American Slingshot with Mother, Child, and Hearts in Polychrome prismatic reading glasses plus that pink border with

plus that pink border with tiny knots along the top

which seems rather aligned with his youthfulness and rather searching expression (and I must say that without the red robe and tassel

no tears at all

And this is a nice old set

Marked 1626 on the bottoms

Wonderful Old Hand-carved South American Slingshot with Mother, Child, and Hearts in Polychrome prismatic reading glasses plus that pink border withThe loveliest example of a figurative slingshot as I believe I've ever seen, and just a marvelous carving which I take as a tender portrayal of the love of a mother for her child (and determination to use a slingshot or any other means necessary to protect him!) I am pretty certain this is Guatemalan, where the slingshot is a traditional handicraft, distinguishable by the forked end, which would be strung with the sling; one sees these incorporating a