Pair of Canelos Quichia Ecuadorian Pottery Bowls with Face and Bird tiny animals this beautiful woven textile would

this beautiful woven textile would be stunning as a runner on the dining table (how about underneath a huge platter of colorful roasted root vegetables

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features a stylized white and taupe bird against a blue ground

A perfect little vase for the bedside table or powder room - so pretty

Pair of Canelos Quichia Ecuadorian Pottery Bowls with Face and Bird tiny animals this beautiful woven textile wouldThese two wonderful drinking bowls were made by indigenous Canelos Quichua women in the Oriente (upper Amazonian) region of Ecuador, probably in the 1970s or 80s. Between the star shaped face of the larger, with its eyebrows, nose, and mouth (with teeth!) sculpted in relief; the bird butterfly at the center of the smaller; and the wonderfully fine graphic patterns on both, I am completely charmed. No wonder that the pottery of this region is regarded