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Objects from Ecuador in a British House

A wooden spoon from Otavalo, a tagua bowl, a striped blanket folded over a tartan chair. The objects are how the two countries learn to live together.

Each thing came across an ocean in a suitcase. Each thing now lives next to something British, something practical, something cold-weather. They have made their peace with each other.