WAYUU

The Wayuu are an indigenous tribe located in the Guajira peninsula far northeast of the Colombian region. It is said that Wale’kerü, the spider, taught the Wayuu women how to weave, making this craft more than a cultural practice. Through their designs they channel and portray their cosmogony.

GUAVIARE

The Nukak, residents of the vast forests of El Guaviare, Colombia, share a profound connection with the knowledge of their surroundings. Through their natural-fiber weaved baskets this tribe portrays their animals, food gathering capacities, hunting practices, personalities and general ways of living as a family.

ARHUACA

This indigenous tribe is located in the high river basins that run through the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Weaving is one of the most important activities for the Arhuacan women. During their early stages of life each girl takes her first woven handbag to the Mamo which will then be used in several initiation rituals in order to officially introduce them into the community.

Mochila werrengue

WOUNAAN

The Wounaan, or Noanamá natives, inhabit the jungles of the Chocó region in Colombia. They are people of water and mountains settling along the banks of the Bajo San Juan, from the basin to its river mouth. The indigenous tribe is praised in the handcrafting world for the delicacy of their baskets or “Werregue cocas”.

WORLDWIDE

The indigenous tribe Yaruro is located amongst the region of Casanare in Colombia. Their women take up to 5 days patiently, yet passionately, weaving their palm fiber hats, impregnating each piece with the energy and greatness of their people.

UITOTO

The lives of these indigenous people present unique situations where chambira weaving both creates and reinterprets multiple meanings. These meanings intertwine ancestral traditions with contemporary aspects of their way of life.