A traditional palm-fiber bag made by the Yagua, an indigenous group living along the Amazon, Napo, Putumayo, and Yavari rivers in northeastern Peru and southern Colombia. The 6,000 or so Yagua traditionally occupy large communal dwellings (malocas), and hunt using blowguns (pucunas) and poison darts.
These strong, stretchy bags are made by the Yagua using an ancient, knotless netting method, similar to the bilum bags of Papua New Guinea. They are used for gathering, carrying babies, and just about anything else you need a bag for!The historical (1924) photograph shows a young Yagua man wearing traditional grass clothing, and a bag almost identical to this one around his neck.
A traditional palm-fiber bag made by the Yagua, an indigenous group living along the Amazon, Napo, Putumayo, and Yavari rivers in northeastern Peru and southern Colombia. The 6,000 or so Yagua traditionally occupy large communal dwellings (malocas), and hunt using blowguns (pucunas) and poison darts.
These strong, stretchy bags are made by the Yagua using an ancient, knotless netting method, similar to the bilum bags of Papua New Guinea. They are used for gathering, carrying babies, and just about anything else you need a bag for!The historical (1924) photograph shows a young Yagua man wearing traditional grass clothing, and a bag almost identical to this one around his neck.
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