{"product_id":"forager-monkey-ticuna-ceremonial-spirit-doll","title":"Forager Monkey - Ticuna Ceremonial Spirit Doll","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-size:16px;line-height:1.85;color:#4A3828;margin:0 0 16px\"\u003eFrom the tri-border region where Colombia, Peru, and Brazil meet along the Solimões River comes one of the most recognizable mythological beings in Ticuna cosmology: the monkey spirit. Among the Ticuna people of the Colombian Amazon, carved figures are carefully distinguished through clothing. Clan animals — which represent extended families and ancestral lineage — are shown wearing skirts as markers of old age and wisdom. Mythological figures do not wear skirts. This monkey wears pants. It is not an ancestor but a spirit of play, mischief, and spontaneity — a presence that mirrors trickster beings found across world traditions, from Hanuman in Hindu mythology to Sun Wukong in Chinese folklore. It enters the home not as lineage, but as energy and movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:15px;line-height:1.85;color:#6B4F3A;margin:0 0 16px\"\u003eEvery mark on a Ticuna figure is made by hand from materials gathered in the rainforest. The body is carved from balsa wood, a lightweight tropical hardwood sourced locally and shaped entirely by hand. It is then wrapped in yanchama, a bark cloth created by stripping fibers from rainforest trees, soaking them for days, and beating them into a soft textile-like material. The figure is finished with the four traditional Ticuna pigments: black from genipapo fruit, red from achiote seeds, white from clay, and yellow from earth and plant sources. The geometric markings are not decorative in a Western sense — they are inherited visual language, passed through generations as part of clan identity and artistic training.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:15px;line-height:1.85;color:#6B4F3A;margin:0 0 24px\"\u003eAuthentic ceremonial artwork from the Colombian Amazon, hand-carved and hand-painted by a single Ticuna artisan. Each figure is entirely unique, with subtle variations in posture, expression, and painted detail. Display as a standalone sculptural presence or grouped with other figures from the same arrival to create a visual dialogue between mythological and ancestral forms. A piece for collectors of indigenous art, cultural scholars, and interiors that value narrative depth over ornament.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"height:1px;background:#EDE8DF;margin:0 0 20px\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin:0 0 20px\"\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"font-size:11px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.12em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#2A1F14;margin:0 0 10px\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"font-size:13px;line-height:1.9;color:#4A3828;margin:0\"\u003e\n    \u003cstrong style=\"font-weight:500;color:#2A1F14\"\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Approximately 12″ (30 cm) tall\u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003cstrong style=\"font-weight:500;color:#2A1F14\"\u003eMaterials:\u003c\/strong\u003e Balsa wood, yanchama bark cloth, natural pigments\u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003cstrong style=\"font-weight:500;color:#2A1F14\"\u003ePigments:\u003c\/strong\u003e Genipapo fruit (black), achiote seeds (red), clay (white), earth pigments (yellow)\u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003cstrong style=\"font-weight:500;color:#2A1F14\"\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e Handcrafted in the Colombian Amazon\u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003cstrong style=\"font-weight:500;color:#2A1F14\"\u003eType:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mythological monkey spirit figure\u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003cstrong style=\"font-weight:500;color:#2A1F14\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e One of one · SKU DOLL-037\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"height:1px;background:#EDE8DF;margin:0 0 20px\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:13px;line-height:1.75;color:#6B4F3A;margin:0 0 6px\"\u003eSourced directly from Ticuna artisans in the Colombian Amazon — purchased at fair prices to support the continuation of this tradition and the families who carry it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/ticuna-figures-colombia\" style=\"color:#B85C38;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:0.12em;text-transform:uppercase;text-decoration:none;font-weight:500;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(184,92,56,0.35);padding-bottom:2px\"\u003eLearn about Ticuna ceremonial figures →\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RFB Woven Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51218296963387,"sku":"DOLL-037","price":265.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0872\/0069\/4587\/files\/DOLL-037-1.jpg?v=1778122944","url":"https:\/\/woven.art\/products\/forager-monkey-ticuna-ceremonial-spirit-doll","provider":"RFB Woven Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}