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Brown-Cream
80 x 250 cmChaguar- Natural Fiber - Guayacan seeds
What is Chaguar? It is a plant found in the semi-arid Chaco of South America in the countries of Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia, whose resistant fiber is used since time immemorial by the Wichí. It is not cultivated; it grows in the semi-shade of the middle stratum of the Chaco forests, and reproduces by stolons.
The different colors are obtained from natural dyes and each step involves a slow and manual process.
The chaguar is culturally important to the Wichí people. Currently, chaguar represents a source of economic income for the communities through the sale of handmade products, which in turn allows them to perpetuate cultural transmission and the maintenance of ancestral knowledge.
A collection of unique and exclusive pieces honoring traditional craftsmanship combined with an original and unique contemporary design.
Wall Art
The Wichí community - Chaguar natural fiber
The chaguar is a group of herbaceous plants with succulent and thorny leaves that inhabits semi-arid areas of the Gran Chaco ecoregion, northeastern Argentina.
For the Wichi, the chaguar is a symbol and attaches great importance to its collection, processing, spinning, dyeing and weaving, which are usually associated with the women of the community.
The chaguar is culturally important to the Wichí people. The myth "The advent of women" states that the first women descended from the sky to the world of men through braided ropes of chaguar. The plant has a prominent symbolic role in the female initiation rite, in which women begin to spin and weave from adolescence.
Currently, chaguar represents a source of economic income for the communities through the sale of handmade products, which in turn allows them to perpetuate cultural transmission and the maintenance of ancestral knowledge.
This is a way of recovering the knowledge of the women of the Wichí people and adding value to the forest products. The drawings developed in the weavings have different meanings in themselves, inspired by the local flora and fauna and identifying the family clans.