DepartmentTextiles-Latin America
Ronin Guardián del Agua y la Tierra – Cambio Climático / Ronin Guardian of Water and Earth – Climate Change
NamePainting
Maker
Olinda Silvano Inuma de Arias
(Shipibo-Konibo)
CultureShipibo - Conibo
Date2015
Place madeCantagallo, Lima, Peru, South America
MediumCotton, paint, vegetal dyes, glass beads, seeds
Dimensions39 3/4 × 42 15/16 × 13/16 in. (101 × 109 × 2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2017.29.4
Object numberFA.2017.29.4
DescriptionEmbroidered painting on brown fabric to represent the earth, with houses, plant life, and people rendered in embroidery and paint. At the bottom on the proper-left side is a river with fish and a boat surrounded by trees. This river changes as is moves to the left- it becomes a snake with purple spots surrounded by light brown.
