Cultural ideas are captured with symbols in Kuna tradition. These drawings by JSK explore the imagery available from weaving.
Cultura Kuna : Arte de la mujer
"Bicha" es especie de ropa interior. Lleva un dibujo como especie de laberinto la cual se pinte con un
tinte llamado "goga" de un color gris bajo las figuras 1-2-3
Figuras 4-5-6-7 son objetos que se usa en el aparato de tejer hamaca. Los hilos sacan del algodon. Y
para ilar se usa un aparato llamado "birb".
Kuna Culture - The Art of the Women
"Bicha" is a type of underclothes. Here is a drawing like a table of images that is partly colored a
like a gray paint called "goga" (figures 1-3).
The images 4-7 [surrounding the "bicha" garments] are objects used in the apparatus to weave hammocks.
The threads are of cotton, and the sewing apparatus is called a "birb".
Arte Kuna : Pre Colombino : Kas-sobet : Tejedor de Hamaca
1 - "Banco" o "Kana" donde se sienta la operadora o tejedora
2 - "Naku" tejedora: con esto se afirma los hilos o se asienta
3 - "Birbi" hiladora: se hilan el algodon. Para convertir en hilos
4a, 4b, 10 - "Kas Suar" los soporte mayores del aparato tejedor
5a, 5b - "Acke" gancho: sosten de los soporte "kas suar"
6a, 6b - "Noo" calibrador del hamaca
7a, 7b -
8 - "Kas Urgo" es el instrumento de mayor importancia que hace cambios del tejido
9 - "Iko" bobinador. colores de acuerdo los hilos que tenga
Kuna Art : Pre-colombian : "Kas-sobet" : Hammock Weaver
1 - "Banco" or "Kana" where the operator or weaver sits
2 - "Naku" weaver: with this one weaves or positions the threads
3 - "Birbi" spinning machine: they spin the cotton. In order to make threads
4a, 4b, 10 - "Kas Suar" primary support of the weaving apparatus
5a, 5b - "Acke" hook: supports the primary supports "kas suar"
6a, 6b - "Noo" sizes the hammock
7a, 7b -
8 - "Kas Ugo" is the instrument of greatest importance - it makes changes of the weave
9 - "Iko" winding apparatus, keeps the various colors of threads
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