Pair of Canelos Quichia Ecuadorian Pottery Bowls with Face and Bird tiny animals opening and closing easily

opening and closing easily

The stone on the top of the box appears to be Red Jasper

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Inside the box are three black lacquer drawers of progressively larger size from top to bottom

Pair of Canelos Quichia Ecuadorian Pottery Bowls with Face and Bird tiny animals opening and closing easilyThese 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