#shipibo-conibo

[thejawsdevour]

Olinda Silvano (Peruvian) - Untitled (embroidery and natural pigments on textile, 2023)

[folkfashion]

Shipibo-Conibo woman, Peru, by el.sushi

[medicinanocturna]

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Shipibo-Conibo ceramics

Amazonian rainforest, Peru

[sartorialadventure]

The Shipibo-Conibo are an indigenous people along the Ucayali River in the Amazon rainforest in Perú. Formerly two groups, the Shipibo (apemen) and the Conibo (fishmen), they eventually became one distinct tribe through intermarriage and communal ritual and are currently known as the Shipibo-Conibo people.

The Shipibo-Conibo live in the 21st century while keeping one foot in the past, spanning millennia in the Amazonian rainforest. Many of their traditions are still practiced, such as ayahuasca shamanism. Shamanistic songs have inspired artistic tradition and decorative designs found in their clothing, pottery, tools and textiles. Some of the urbanized people live around Pucallpa in the Yarina Cocha, an extensive indigenous zone. Most others live in scattered villages over a large area of jungle forest extending from Brazil to Ecuador.

2. Shipibo woman, Peru, village on the Ucayali river, 1962 by Thomas Hoepker

[noisemx]

Hans Walor - Kaya Medicina (2017). Pencil & acrylics on wood panel.

Kaya means Spirit in the Shipibo-Conibo language in Peru.

[thejawsdevour]

Celia Vásquez Yui (Peruvian) - Armadillo Negro (Black Armadillo) (coil-built pre-fire slip-painted clay and vegetal resins, 2021)

[thejawsdevour]

Chonon Bensho (Peruvian) - Inkan Bake Aimbobo (embroidery on tucuyo, 2023)