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Man's Tunic (Cushma)

1970s
cotton, pigment
Overall: 119.4 x 119.4 cm (47 x 47 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1992.351
Location: not on view
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This tunic’s designs may be based on the skin patterns of the legendary Great Boa.

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Women are the main artists among Peru’s Shipibo. The designs (kené) on this tunic are based on the skin patterns of the legendary Great Boa (the mother of water creatures) or the patterns that in mythic times covered the world like a web, today revealed by dreams, visions, and other means.
Man's Tunic (Cushma)

Man's Tunic (Cushma)

1970s

Amazonia, Peru, Ucayali River region, Shipibo people

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