- Shipibo-Conibo people
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Shipibo Total population 11,000-25,000 Languages The Shipibo-Conibo are an indigenous people of Perú.
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Population
The name refers to two languages spoken by these ethnic groups. They are primarily a riverine people living in the Amazon basin, primarily along the Ucayali River. Contact with western sources – including the governments of Peru and Brazil – has been sporadic over the past three centuries. The Shipibo are noted for a rich and complex cosmology, which is tied directly to the art and artifacts they produce. They have been a constant target of Christian missionaries since initial contact in the late 17th Century.
Shipibo-Conibo women make beadwork and textiles, but are probably best known for their pottery, decorated with maze-like red and black geometric patterns. While these ceramics were traditionally made for use in the home, an expanding tourist market has provided many households with extra income through the sale of pots and other craft items.
With an estimated population of over 20,000, the Shipibo-Conibo represent approximately 8% of the indigenous registered population. Census data is unreliable due to the transitory nature of the group. Large amounts of the population have relocated to urban areas – in particular the eastern Peruvian cities of Pucallpa and Yarinacocha – to gain access to better educational and health services, as well as to look for alternative sources of monetary income.
The population numbers for this group have fluctuated in the last decades between approximately 11,000 (Wise and Ribeiro, 1978) to as many as 25,000 individuals (Hern 1994).
Like all other indigenous populations in the Amazon basin, the Shipibo-Conibo are threatened severe pressure from outside influences such as oil speculation, logging, narco-trafficking, conservation, and missionaries.
Known authorities
- Donald W Lathrap
- Warren de Boer
- James A Lauriault/Loriot
- Earwin H Lauriault
Bibliography
- Bradfield, R. B. and James Lauriault. 1961. "Diet and food beliefs of Peruvian jungle tribes: 1. The Shipibo (monkey people)." Journal of the American Dietetic Association 39: 126-28.
- Bardales R., César. 1979. Quimisha Incabo ini yoia (Leyendas de los shipibo-conibo sobre los tres Incas). Comunidades y Culturas Peruanas, 12. Yarinacocha: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. 53 p.
- Eakin, Lucille. 1980. Nuevo destino: The life story of a Shipibo bilingual educator. Summer Institute of Linguistics Museum of Anthropology Publication, 9. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics Museum of Anthropology. 26 p.
- Eakin, Lucille, Erwin Lauriault, and Harry Boonstra. 1980. Bosquejo etnográfico de los shipibo-conibo del Ucayali. Lima: Prado Pastor. 101 p.
- Kensinger, Kenneth M. 1985. "Panoan linguistic, folkloristic and ethnographic research: retrospect and prospect." In Harriet E. M. Klein and Louisa R. Stark (eds.), South American Indian languages: retrospect and prospect, 224-85. Austin: University of Texas.
- Eakin, Lucille, Erwin Lauriault, and Harry Boonstra. 1986. People of the Ucayali: The Shipibo and Conibo of Peru. International Museum of Cultures Publication, 12. Dallas: International Museum of Cultures. ix, 62 p.
See also
External links
- Ethnologue
- Field Interviews with Shipibo Ayahuasca Shamans Shipibo Ayahuasca Shamans 1999–2007
- The Visual Music of the Shipibo The Visual Music of the Shipibo
- La Pobreza Móvil de los Migrantes Shipibo-Conibo "Mobile Poverty of Shipibo-Conibo Migrants"
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- Indigenous peoples in Peru
- Indigenous peoples of the Amazon
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