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The Shipibo pottery is traditional, mystical and beautiful.
It is a connection to a time and place that seems so far removed from our modern lives.
The Shipibo live along the Ucayali River and its tributaries in the Amazon Basin of eastern Peru.
Today the Shipibo number approximately 35,000.
This indigenous group makes a very distinctive traditional pottery that has been influenced
very little by modern times.
It is primarily the women of the communities that make this beautiful pottery.
The women will work on the form of a vase in their free time in between family and community duties.
The vases are all hand-built, sun-dried and decorated with natural earth pigments found in the area.
The meaning of these exquisite geometric patterns is a mystery.
If you ask a woman her inspiration, you will receive many answers,
inspired by the river ways on which they live, the constellations, the skin of a snake and
most of all by images that come to them in visions.
It is these designs that make the potter so unique.
Once decorated, these pieces are low-fired in open fires and then finished with a vegetable-based
compound used to waterproof and produce a shine. The pottery is not recommended to hold water.
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Page 1 | SHP3C, SHP1B, SHP2C, SHP2B
Multicolored Vases with Narrow Bases |
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Page 2 | SHP18B, SHP18C
Traditional Shipibo Vases |
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Page 3 | SHP2D, SHP7
Multicolored Vase and Closed Face Vase |
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Page 4 | SHP9BL
Multicolored Bowl |
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Page 5 | SHP4
Assorted Pottery Animals |
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Page 6 | SHP8XL, SHP8
Standing Women Vases |
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Page 7 | ShipiboGourds
Decorated Gourds |