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19th Century Mexican Carved Coconut Bank

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MEXICAN PRISONER CARVED COCONUT BANK, 19TH CENTURY.: MEXICAN PRISONER CARVED COCONUT BANK, 19TH CENTURY. LENGTH 4 1/2"

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19th Century Mexican Carved Coconut Bank

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Beautifully carved early coconut bank, likely made by an inmate of the notorious San Juan de Ulua prison in Veracruz, Mexico. Dark oily patina. Many of the cells in the 16th C. coastal fort-turned-prison flooded during high tide, so some prisoners were submerged to the neck for part of every day. Food was not free. Those inmates who did not have family members to bring or pay for food carved coconut shells into decorative banks to sell to visitors. Without tools, driven by hunger and desperation to survive, they used bits of rock, scraps of metal or broken glass to carve objects of astonishing artistry.