SHIPIBO PERU AMAZON INDIAN SMALL EMBROIDERED CLOTH #12

Description

SHIPIBO  EMBROIDERY
FROM SHIPIBO WOMEN IN IQUITOS PERU. PURCHASED JUNE 2021, IQUITOS , PERU.
APPROXIMATELY 12 X 15.5 INCHES.
MADE SIMILAR TO THE TRADITIONAL WOMAN'S SKIRT OR WRAP CALLED A "CHITONTI" - A TUBULAR SKIRT FROM A RECTANGUALR LENGTH OF COTTON SEWN TOGETHER WITH A VERTICAL SEAM. THE SHIPIBO CLAIM THAT THEY LEARNED THE ART FROM THE INCAS WHEN WOMEN WERE SENT TO CUZCO AND WHEN THE INCAS THEMSELVES LIVED AMONGST THE INDIANS IOF THE UCAYALI .THE SHIPIBO WOMEN HAVE ACHIEVED A TECHNICAL AND ARTISTIC LEVEL THAT IS UNUSUALLY HIGH AND SOPHISTICATED AS COMPARED TO OTHER AMAZONIAN PEOPLE. ACCORDING TO SHIPIBO MYTH THE KNOWLEDGE OF DESIGNS COMES FROM RONIN, THE GREAT BOA WHO, "UNITES ALL DESIGNS ON HIS TARI (SKIN)". ALSO SAID TO REPRESENT AYAHUASA VISIONS WHICH CAN PRESENT THESE GEOMETRIC PATTERNS DURING ITS USE... WHICH ARE REGARDED AS MEDICINES BESTOWED TO THE SHAMANS. SOME DESIGNS LIKE THE CROSS DESIGN , CURVILINEAR STYLE, IS SAID TO ORIGNATE FROM THE EVIL SPHERE OF THE "EYE SOULS" OF THE DECEASED. (THE COSMOS ENCOILED: INDIAN ART OF THE PERUVIAN AMAZON, ANGELIKA GEBHART-SAYER).
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