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The pots are hand-modelled using the coiling technique. After that, they are decorated with slip using either a white or red background colour and then burnished before being finally painted with the characteristic white or black geometric patterns. After being fired in a bonfire, the pots are then treated with resin that serves the double purpose of sealing them as well as accentuating the patterns. The pots are produced by the women in the village.
The Shipibo and Conibo tribes do not only apply the patterns to their pottery. Textiles, pearl jewellery, and woodcarvings, too, are decorated with these patterns, and they are also used in traditional tribal facial painting and body decoration.
The patterns have evolved over time and they spring from a dynamic tradition that is very much alive: each village has its own patterns and each individual woman her own style, which she passes on to her daughters. It is important though, that every pattern is unique.