Roberth Montes Amaringo, 2019

Material: Acrylic on Canvas
Dimensions: 59 x 72cm

The painting presents a traditional Shipibo shaman from the rainforest of Peru. Both his shirt and the vase before him are decorated with Shipibo patterns. His face is human but you also see the jaguar (ototongo) in the right half symbolizing protection. The jaguar also symbolizes purity: it is what it is and doesn’t hide anything. The owl (Buho) above the head of the shaman stands for wisdom. In the upper-left corner you can see the divine sphere and also the Aya vine, aquila and pink dolphins. The latter symbolize the female principle. In the upper right corner you als see the jaguar, the Aguila and vine and below in blue the path of witchcraft (brujeria). In the lower left you see other medicinal plants and the yacumama (spirit of the water). In the lower right you see an Inka priest.

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