Fibers, feathers and colours of the ishir people. Identity and endurance in the Chaco paraguayo

Authors

  • Silvana Di Lorenzo Museo Etnográfico Juan B. Ambrosetti, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires
  • Silvia Manuale Museo Etnográfico Juan B. Ambrosetti, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires

Keywords:

headdress, original, people, manufacture, birds, shaman

Abstract

The present work describes a singular object of the ishir people conserved in the Ethnographic Museum Juan B. Ambrosetti of the University of Buenos Aires. It makes reference to the original historical and sociocultural context, mentioning the research background. The investigations performed with regard to manufacture and significance of the ishir feather headdress enable us to account for the technical complexity and particular aesthetic and symbolic meaning; and propose a historical overview to the current political situation of the original native societies of the Gran Chaco.

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Author Biographies

  • Silvana Di Lorenzo, Museo Etnográfico Juan B. Ambrosetti, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires

    Conservadora en el Area de Conservación y Museografía

  • Silvia Manuale, Museo Etnográfico Juan B. Ambrosetti, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires

    Técnico dibujante del CONICET

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Published

2019-01-17

Issue

No. 59 (2018): Identidades Textiles

Section

Artículos

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All works published in Revista Estudios Atacameños (ISSN on line:0718-1043) Revista Estudios Atacameños  Creative Commons  International 4.0 attribution (CC BY 4.0) licence.

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How to Cite

Di Lorenzo, S., & Manuale, S. (2019). Fibers, feathers and colours of the ishir people. Identity and endurance in the Chaco paraguayo. Estudios atacameños, 59, 103-120. https://estudiosatacamenos.ucn.cl/index.php/estudios-atacamenos/article/view/673