Among native arts and crafts in the Andes, dating from pre-Columbian times, the gourd engraving constitutes one of the most ancient and uninterrupted traditions in Peru. It consists of the carving and colouring in high and low relief, on the external surface of a pumpkin (Lagenaria vulgaris), the decoration being subject to its functional or ornamental end. This is executed with the use of a burin through different incisions, sectioning and assemblages according to the gourd's shape and the possibilities of use decided upon by the designer. Despite the fact that the first engraved gourd dates back to 4,000B.C., there are very few examples which have survived from that period or from colonial times. Today, we can only find them in the north of the country (Piura) and in Huancayo (central Andes). More than any of the other folk arts, the engraved gourd is perhaps the one in which master craftsmen have shown the most skill at spontaneously blending images, in a way that makes place for what is new in the Andean world putting it side by side with ancient traditions of community life. And it has wrought these changes without substantially changing its form for nearly 5000 years. The designs carved out represent enchanting scenes which lack perspective but emanate vital spontaneity in their simplicity and clarity. Their character, however, goes beyond the scenes reproduced to reveal a unity of cultural conception that allows one to get a visual notion of life in the Andes. The tradition now continues into the XXIst century with our Folk Art Line prints on fine paper done by the gourd engravers themselves.