Caraja Terra Cotta Woman and Child Fertility Figure hand-painted dog This is a beautiful finely

This is a beautiful finely and tightly woven grass sewing basket that I believe is Native American and dates to the very late 19th or very early 20th century

This small but substantial vase has a great presence

This particular box features the original oak stain and mark on the front reading  "Patented 1889

this piece is signed on the bottom and dated 1978

Caraja Terra Cotta Woman and Child Fertility Figure hand-painted dog This is a beautiful finelyI discovered this wonderful little clay woman with child at the estate sale of a choreographer in Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood, who had a fantastic collection of objects from around the world, ancient to contemporary and I fell in love with her immediately. I love the black hair, big round painted eye with sculpted nose between them, the exaggerated hands with individuated fingers, and the way she lifts and cradles her child, who so intimately