Photos: Discoveries from the roads less traveled

A bronze Buddha from Thailand.

A bronze Buddha from Thailand.

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April 7, 2016 7:40 PM PT

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Suad Cano is no ordinary traveler. The Venice resident regularly crisscrosses Africa, Asia and the Middle East to collect one-of-a-kind artifacts, pottery, furniture and textiles. That’s yielded a bounty of both lore and loot — enough to fill a 50,000-square-foot warehouse.

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A wooden Buddha from Thailand.

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A wooden African bozo fish.

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Suad Cano, owner of Berbere World Imports, next to antique doors from India and a Buddha from Indonesia.

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A shopper walks through Berbere imports.

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Statues of wooden monks from Thailand.

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Indonesian busts made of lava rock.

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Giant wine pots from Spain.

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A shopper walks into Berbere World Imports.

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A vintage Moroccan vase.

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Suad Cano, owner of Berbere World Imports, is surrounded by her wares in Culver City. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

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