Artist: Anelice Cáceres Patiachi
Name in Harakbut (pseudonym): Ewisu
Title: La Curación a Través de la Ortiga / Healing with the Nettle Plant
Media: Paint on Canvas
Dimensions: 18” x 14”
Brief description: In the past, the elderly had different ways of healing, with songs and prayers they invoked plants and animals to heal physical, mental and spiritual ills. This form of healing was received by children, youth and adults. Nettle is one of the ancestral plants of the Harakbut people.