Syroco Ornawood Vintage Collie and Shepherd Dog Portrait Wall Plaques - A Pair cute "Burial dolls" have continued to

"Burial dolls" have continued to be produced by contemporary indigenous and Mestizo cultures of the Andean region

These sorts of rigid paddle-shaped fans are called Uchiwa in Japanese

And this lovely set of seven hand thrown stoneware plates

which I have not tried to polish

) as sorts of protective spirits

Syroco Ornawood Vintage Collie and Shepherd Dog Portrait Wall Plaques - A Pair cute "Burial dolls" have continued toIm pretty taken with these Syroco (Syracuse Ornamental Company) Ornawood (made from wood pulp) wall plaques, one a Collie and the other a German Shepherd. From what I understand, Syroco was founded in 1890 in Syracuse, New York, and was the first company to produce decorative molded wood pulp products with a hand carved look. These two I believe date from the 1930s or 40s, and I think it is the degree to which they take themselves seriously as