Our feedback station collected responses from visitors who wrote and responded to questions on the surface of dried gourds.
Amarushina Tupari Community Project was developed and organized by Emily Brokamp.
We hosted a workshop in the Hagerty courtyard that involved painting with our own hair to connect visitors to the process of Canelos Quichua ceramic painting in our collection.
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- “Small Canelos Quichua mucawa (drinking bowl) with base formed as a tapir foot. Made by Rosario Mucashigua, Curaray, Amazonian Ecuador. The motif is an elaborate zigzag with filled “hill” black triangles framing a turtle motif.”- Dr. Norman Whitten.
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- “Small Canelos Quichua ceramic storage jar with foot in the form of a tapir, and pellet rattles inside. Made by Rosario Mucashigua, Curaray. This storage jar may also be used as a festival serving vessel for masticated manioc mash, called asua. It is unusual (only very skilled potters do this) in that it has a few pellets for a shotgun inside to give it a rattle effect when shaken. Top is turtle motif with zigzag inserted, bottom (shoulder) is anaconda motif.” -Dr. Norman Whitten.
We had over 150 visitors to our collection during open house and hosted interactive tours of our collection, inviting viewers to explore and engage with some of our objects outside of the cases. Our kawsay waqaychaqkuna shared stories and their passion for working with the collection with our visitors.
