Tintin and friends !

in #art7 years ago

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A couple of years ago I worked in the DRC and bought these handmade figurines of Tintin and friends at a local market.

The artists make them whilst they sit at the market waiting for their products to be sold.
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I loved this figurine of Tintin on his moped as this is how I rember him from the Tintin books.

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Snowy was nowhere to be found to buy. I then asked one of the guys if he could make me one and this was the product! Who would Tintin be without Snowy?

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The whole gang is together in this picture, Tintin, captain, professor and one of the twin brothers.

I think it takes real skill to carve them from wood that it looks so realistic.

Cheers 🍻🍻

The photos was taken by me with my iPhone

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'Duizend bommen en granaten', hahaha

👍🏼 so is dit!

Tintin is way cool!

O love this - brings back childhood memories

Yes I loved the books

Nice, I love "kuifie"" as he is called in Afrikaans as you would know.