Perhaps the most iconic (at least in the Americas) shamanic textiles are those produced by the Shipibo people in Peru. This has been a difficult one for me because there is SO much information available on these textiles and all of it is AMAZING so it's hard to focus on just one thing. But I'll do my best! 
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Textiles and the Multi-Tiered Cosmos: Shipibo Textiles
Perhaps the most iconic (at least in the Americas) shamanic textiles are those produced by the Shipibo people in Peru. This has been a difficult one for me because there is SO much information available on these textiles and all of it is AMAZING so it's hard to focus on just one thing. But I'll do my best! 
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Exploring the association of textile art with altered states of consciousness and shamanism has started me thinking about the pivotal role of art in human culture and our survival as a species.
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