This vintage Costa Rican pottery Guaitil Guanacaste ceramic twin geckos bowl is a limited edition decorative piece that showcases the traditional Guaitil pottery style from the 1970s. Hand-painted with a glossy finish, this round bowl features a unique design of geckos, making it a charming souvenir from Costa Rica. Signed on the back, this original art pottery item stands out as a one-of-a-kind collectible for those who appreciate vintage décor with a touch of exotic flair.guaitil is a community of true authenticity preserving history and time throughout the years there are no replicas or package here just ingenuity and spirit nestled off the beaten path between Santa Cruz and Sequoia is where you'll find the artistician pottery village of guate Hill in guancas province offering refer to as the chortega region it is not a simple process by any means they carry on the traditional ways which have continued to make the pottery so desired and adore it right from the beginning the ingredients that are used to create those original pieces come straight from the earth using local clay the community sustains their lives of the hood for the production other distinguishable pottery and takes great pride in maintaining its authenticity and original Roots local sourcing all that is needed they might not collected by machine or tractor is done by hard labor with a cart and shovel  extracting it themselves be brought back to be dried the labor continues as is in pulverized and powder to become a powder with a large orders and pestils and wooden earns using their own energy and strength it time must be broken down even further separating the larger pieces of materials rocks and pedals to a sieve once it has become a Dusty powder or consistency is mixed with one of their most important elements that iguana sand this I'll sounding sand is named rightly so after the iguanas it is a sandwich iguana is often lay their eggs and found several kilometers from guate Hill in the Riverside digging blow the surface to find the most special ingredient together the iguana sand and the powder or combine my water and if you want some more information you can look this up online under the TECO times online very interesting these are brought back by the people I bought them from on vacation back in the 70s original souvenirs it's in pretty good shape there's some where on the bottom and some scratches on the inside of the bowl please see pictures no return sold as is it's one of the client collectible