Kenya Hand-carved Wood Cheetah Drinking from Bowl - from a New England Estate

This collectable hand carved bowl comes from Kenya. One piece carving of a cheetah drinking from a bowl.
7 inches at longest point from cheetah to edge of bowl and 5 inches across at widest part of bowl.

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From a research paper on Kenyan tourist art.

"Like the elephant, the leopard is a species that is native to Africa, and it serves as a symbol of power. In addition, traditional cultures consider the leopard to symbolize wealth, as wild animal meat is eaten and leopard fur is a valuable commodity.
Given the popularity of leopards with tourists, Kenyan carvers often incorporate images of leopards into their work, making leopard sculptures as well as using images of leopards to decorate practical objects."

African Tourist-Trade Animal Sculpture Researched by Ashley McLaughlin and Morgan Davis, February, 2019
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