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Stuffed Plush
Water Buffalo
Traditional
craftsmanship, attention to detail, and a sense for what is important.
Handmade in Germany by Kosen using the finest materials. |
16 Inches Long
10 Inches Tall
Kosen
Plush Water Buffalo
KS3370
$106.50
Sold Out
No Longer Available
18 Apr 11
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Soft toys from Bad Kösen,
the small health resort on the Saale, are something quite special and
valuable. They are distinguished by their natural and very
expressive design, their high play value and the extremely good quality
of material and workmanship. |
Important details are worked out with love and
care, and the faces get very realistic expression. Only the best
plush is selected. The animals are sewn together from up to 70
individual parts, turned, filled with high quality fibers, sewn up,
combed, embroidered and painted. Everything is pure handicraft. |
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The domesticated
water
buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)
is the “living tractor of the East” and has been introduced to Europe,
Africa, the Americas, Australia, Japan, and Hawaii. There are two
types,
river and swamp, each considered a subspecies. The
river buffalo was present by
2500 BC in India and 1000
BC in Mesopotamia. The breed
was selected mainly for its milk, which contains 8 percent butterfat.
Breeds include the Murrah with its curled horns, the Surati, and the
Jafarabadi. Swamp buffalo more
closely resemble wild water
buffalo and are used as draft
animals in rice paddies throughout Southeast Asia. Breeds range from
the 900-kg (2,000-pound) Thai and haizi to the 400-kg wenzhou and
carabao. Children ride them to their wallows after their labours and
clean their faces and ears.
"water
buffalo"
Encyclopædia Britannica.
2006.
Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service. |
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