Lovely Older Vintage Hand-painted Peruvian Shipibo-Conibo Pottery Vessel ex voto painting and which makes a tremendously

and which makes a tremendously satisfying spooling sound when the handle is turned) would be threaded through the hook at the tip of the arrow and then dropped through a hole drilled in the ice

I must say I'm pretty obsessed with this one

9 1/4" x 5 1/2" and in good condition

and I think all the better for the crazing and other imperfections they've invariably acquired over the past century and a half or so

decorating the top corners as well

Lovely Older Vintage Hand-painted Peruvian Shipibo-Conibo Pottery Vessel ex voto painting and which makes a tremendouslyI've found a few pieces of Shipibo pottery over the years and always kept an eye out for them. This pottery is created by women of Shipibo tribe of the Peruvian Amazon; as I understand it, the maze like hand painted designs 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 20th century; I believe this