Gorgeous Handwoven Ikat Indigo Textile from Sumba, Indonesia sculpted I imagine this sweet woodblock

I imagine this sweet woodblock was carved by a member of a boy scout troop in the 1940s or so

At first I took this small vase with its terrific patterning as an Art Deco piece

with many years of stylish life in them yet

terrifically beautiful

) I especially love that the beak opens and closes

Gorgeous Handwoven Ikat Indigo Textile from Sumba, Indonesia sculpted I imagine this sweet woodblockI can think of nothing more beautiful to wrap up in than this gorgeous textile indigo dyed cotton Ikat from Sumba, Indonesia, handwoven on a backstop loom. It was made in two panels, which have been sewn together with black thread. The imagery is complex and out of this world, from the primary figures with arms raised, legs spread, delineated rib cages, and giant phallus?!; the whole variety of birds and snakes and other creatures that surround them;