Africa: and shopping for oddities
No Ikeas. No Pottery Barns. No Crate & Barrels.
Yes, oddities. Yes, curiosities.....Yes, more strange loot....
African barbecue skewers with bronze little figures riding atop. If you're not careful, they'll eat your chicken brochettes.....
Boxes and boxes of Malian bluebird matches. So pretty sitting next to a candle on the nightstand.
Tiny little malachite rings for wearing on adult pinkie fingers.
Funny little wooden masks for hanging in funny little corners....
Bouquets of African porcupine quills. Astonishingly beautiful. (Yes, in some parts of Africa, porcupines are better known as lunch. Apparently, tastes just like chicken. Cough.)
