Artist

Olimpia Canelos

132130

Works

canelos quichua

Style

Olimpia’s work is defined by its canelos quichua sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Selected works

132130 pieces

Storage Vessel with "Bent" (Quingashca) Turtle Motifs

Olimpia Canelos (Canelos Quichua, active 20th century) Pastaza Province, Ecuador

Bireno and Olimpia

Ferdinando Tacca (Italian, 1619–1686)

Storage Vessel with "Bent" (Quingashca) Turtle and Tortoise Motifs

Alegría Canelos (Canelos Quichua, active 20th century) Puyo, Pastaza Province, Ecuador

Drinking Bowl (Mucawa) in the Shape of Half of a Calabash, with Anaconda and Turtle Motifs

Alegría Canelos (Canelos Quichua, active 20th century) Puyo, Pastaza Province, Ecuador

Storage Vessel with Rubber Boom Traders and Anaconda and Turtle Motifs

Alegría Canelos (Canelos Quichua, active 20th century) Puyo, Pastaza Province, Ecuador

Drinking Bowl (Mucawa) with Face of Sacha Warmi (Rainforest Woman)

Alegría Canelos (Canelos Quichua, active 20th century) Puyo, Pastaza Province, Ecuador

Drinking Bowl (Mucawa) with Cross and Anaconda Motifs

Artist unknown (Canelos Quichua, active 20th century) Pacayacu, Pastaza Province, Ecuador

Storage Vessel (Tinaja or Asua Churana Manga) with Anaconda, Turtle, Tortoise and Iguana Motifs

Estela Dagua (also known as Jacinta Esthela Dagua Malaber, Canelos Quichua, 1951–?) Puyo, Pastaza Province, Ecuador

Olla Fantastica Storage Vessel with Anaconda, Turtle, and Tortoise Motifs

Estela Dagua (also known as Jacinta Esthela Dagua Malaber, Canelos Quichua, 1951–?) Puyo, Pastaza Province, Ecuador

Shungu Manga ("Heart-Shaped") Vessel with Anaconda Motif

Marta Vargas (also known as Jovita Marta Vargas Dagua, Canelos Quichua, active 20th to 21st century) Puyo, Pastaza Province, Ecuador

Storage Vessel with Anaconda Motifs Embedded in Iguana Motifs

Gloria Machoa (Canelos Quichua, active 20th century) Puyo, Pastaza Province, Ecuador

Ama Llulla, Ama Shua, Ama Quilla Vessel

Rebeca Gualinga (also known as Rebeca Hualinga, Canelos Quichua, active 20th century) Puyo, Pastaza Province, Ecuador

Drinking Bowl (Mucawa) for Convener (Prioste) in Kinship Festival

Imitilia Gualinga (Canelos Quichua, active 20th century) Canelos, Pastaza Province, Ecuador

Blackware and Drinking Ware Bowl (Mucawa) with Iguana and Turtle Motifs

Marta Vargas (also known as Jovita Marta Vargas Dagua, Canelos Quichua, active 20th to 21st century) Puyo, Pastaza Province, Ecuador

Blackware and Drinking Ware Bowl (Mucawa) with "Bent" (Quingashca) Turtle and Tortoise Motifs

Marta Vargas (also known as Jovita Marta Vargas Dagua, Canelos Quichua, active 20th to 21st century) Puyo, Pastaza Province, Ecuador

Blackware and Drinking Ware Bowl (Mucawa) with Butterflies, and Anaconda and Turtle Motifs

Estela Dagua (also known as Jacinta Esthela Dagua Malaber, Canelos Quichua, 1951–?) Puyo, Pastaza Province, Ecuador

Figurine of a Festival House at Curaray with Turtle Motifs

Estela Dagua (also known as Jacinta Esthela Dagua Malaber, Canelos Quichua, 1951–?) Puyo, Pastaza Province, Ecuador

Cornet in the Shape of an Anaconda for a Convener (Prioste) in a Kinship Festival

Apacha Vargas (also known as Denise Curipacha Vargas, Canelos Quichua, born 1938) Nuevo Mundo, Pastaza Province, Ecuador

Figurine of a Coatimundi (Cuchuchu)

Apacha Vargas (also known as Denise Curipacha Vargas, Canelos Quichua, born 1938) Nuevo Mundo, Pastaza Province, Ecuador

Drinking Vessel in the form of a Human Foot

Filomina Santamaría (Canelos Quichua, active 20th century) Ñucanchi Allpa-Puyu, Pastaza Province, Ecuador