Inocencias is cutting up bark of a tree
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1969-1970Description
Inocencias is cutting up bark of a tree (Licania utilis) used as a temper in making pottery - ash from the bark. She might extract the sap with water to use to paint the interior black glaze of gourds (the red oxidised paint is reduced to black with manioc leaves or to surface the classic Tukanoan stool (liquid clay applied to the red-painted surface results in the black lines of the designs). 1969-1970, Púmanaka buro, Boa River, Papurí River basin, Vaupés, Colombia
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Tucanoan Indians, Women's work
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All Rights Reserved. Courtesy MIT Libraries,Visual Collections, Collection of Research Photography by Jean Jackson. Users of this collection should be aware that certain images, words, terms or descriptions may be culturally sensitive and may be considered inappropriate today, but may reflect attitudes of the period or context in which they were created.