Standing Elder Deer - Ticuna Ceremonial Spirit Doll Colombia the interconnected paths of life

the interconnected paths of life in Wounaan cosmology worked into black and natural palm

Each basket includes information about its origin and the artisan community that created it

The Story The Keeper and The Flute Player were woven as a pair

Handwoven Emberá Armadillo

planned before the first stitch and held without a single wrong turn to the last

Standing Elder Deer - Ticuna Ceremonial Spirit Doll Colombia the interconnected paths of lifeAn Elder, Standing The name says it plainly: this deer is an elder, and it stands. One of one. The Story The name says it plainly: this deer is an elder, and it stands. Among the Ticuna the deer is a clan animal, the representative of an extended family line, and its skirt is the carvers code for age and wisdom. It reads as ancestral because it is meant to. Balsa wood, yanchama bark cloth, and the four pigments the Ticuna gather from the rainforest: