Ecuador Box

Children’s book in QuechuaThe Condor Who Fell In Love – El cóndor enamorado

Alfonso Toaquiza

Country Study Guidesa) Global Studies, Latina America, 11th edition.b) People and Places: curriculum resources on Human-Environmental Interactions.c) Of Rage and redemption: the art of Oswaldo Guayasamin. A resources Packet for Teaches: prepared by Vanderbilt University and Georgetown University, lesson plans

Playing cards of the Galapagos Islands and the

Amazon

Traditional musicInka Samai - Encounters

CoinsThe sucre was the currency of Ecuador between 1884 and 2000. The sucre lost 67% of its foreign exchange value during 1999, then in one week nosedived 17%, ending at 25,000 sucre = 1 U.S. dollar on January 7, 2000. On January 9, President Jamil Mahuad announced that the US dollar would be adopted as Ecuador's official currency.

PonchoAlpaca Fur

Miniature Wicker Baskets or canastos

Handcrafted doll or muñeca

The Siku (Quechua: antara, Aymara: siku, also "Sicu," "Sicus," "Zampolla" or Spanish

zampoña), is a traditional Andean pan pipe.

Woven finger puppets of animals of the Andes and the

Amazon

Scarf

Mask10 inches, painted wood. Like most Ecuadorian masks, the

wood is very hard.

Woven Hat or gorro.

Hand-built and painted traditional bus.

GourdA dried and carved hollow calabash (know as jícaro or morro) painting.

Gourd bowlsA dried and carved hollow calabash (know as jícaro or morro).

Recycled shopping bag (known as saco or costal)

Butterflies

National Flag

PostcardsEcuador, Quito

Iglesia de la Compañía

PostcardsEcuador, Quito

Iglesia de la Compañía

Statue of a God

Virgen de El PanecilloSmall statue of the winged virgin of panecillo (small bread roll).

Traditional spoon

Whistles

Candle

Postcards Guayasamín

Postcards Guayasamín