antique Rare collection ARGENTINA Bombilla Mate Tea Straw Silver Applied Gold

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antique Rare collection ARGENTINA Bombilla Mate Tea Straw Silver Applied Gold
VERY OLD
GOOD CONDITION
ORIGINAL
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Yerba Mate: is the name of the herb used to drink mate.
Mate: is the name of the vessel used to serve / priming the infusion. It is also the name given to the tea ready.
bombilla: Canuto used to carry the infusion from the container (mate) to the mouth. This process is performed through suction.
Mate has a strong cultural significance both in terms of national identity and well as socially, to the extent of being the national drink of Argentina,Uruguay, with either Drinking mate is a common social practice in parts of Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and eastern Bolivia. Throughout the Southern Cone, it is considered to be a tradition taken from the gauchos or vaqueros, terms commonly used to describe the old residents of the South American pampas, chacos, or Patagonian grasslands, found principally in parts of Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, southeastern Bolivia, southern Chile and southern Brazil.