Pattern and More Pattern: Pair of Vintage Shipibo Bowls dog photographs The blocks are in great

The blocks are in great condition

used for sweeping eraser crumbs off of blueprints

inspired by the popular "Happy Families" card game which dates to the 19th century (I believe these are late 19th or so

but is tightly tied to the next piece with the string hardened

This board I found in Maine and wouyd guess was made in New England

Pattern and More Pattern: Pair of Vintage Shipibo Bowls dog photographs The blocks are in greatAnother pair of vintage Shipibo bowls this week, no faces on these but lots of beautiful pattern. This pottery is created by women of Shipibo tribe of the Peruvian Amazon; as I understand it, the maze like hand painted designs on the larger bowl here are sophisticated interpretations of their cosmic beliefs, including that the flow of the jungle rivers follow the same course as the stars. One does not see Shipibo pottery dating to earlier than the