The Indigenous women of Tumucumaque have enjoyed working with beads since time immemorial, as well as with seeds and other materials. Passing their knowledge from generation to generation, and always being inspired by the world around them and the most diverse encounters to express their arts, these women created the Tiriyó, Katxuyana and Txikiyana Indigenous Women's Articulation in 2018, to organize themselves and also think about the future of their land together with the chiefs and leaders of their communities.

Authors: ANANI TIRIYÓ - ANDREIA TIRIYO - ARAWAJE WAIANA APALAI – ARISAURU -WAIANA APALAI - BERNITA KAXUYANA TIRIYÓ - BRUNA MIKORI KAXUYANA - CLARA KAXUYANA - ELORI TIRIYÓ - EREU APALAI - GABRIELA TIRIYÓ - GENI TIRIYÓ - IPYN APALAI - JAWAIRUMY WAIANA APALAI - LAURA TIRIYÓ - LEDA KAXUYANA - GABRIELA TIRIYÓ - GENI TIRIYÓ - JAWAIRUMY WAIANA APALAI - LAURA TIRIYO - LEDA KAXUYANA - LEONICE TIRIYÓ - LIDIANE TIRIYÓ - LURDES KAXUYANA - MADALENA KAHYANA - MARANAURU WAIANA APALAI - MARIA DE JESUS TIRIYÓ - MARIA PIA TIRIYÓ - PATATA TIRIYÓ - PENEHTO APALAI - RENILDA TIRIYÓ - ROSA KAMAYU TIRIYÓ - ROSI SARIPUN KAXUYANA - TERESIA TIRIYÓ -  TAKUNEM PAIARI TIRIYÓ - MITORE CRISTIANA TIRYÓ KAXUYANA - JACILENE KAXUYANA TIRIYÓ - ADRIANA KAXUYANA - CECÍLIA DE SANTARÉM

Itu nai anya arimikane was created for the exhibition KA'A BODY: COSMOVISION OF THE  RAINFOREST, curated by Sandra Benites and Anita Ekman with support from Paradise Row.

With special thanks to Denise Fajardo (Iepé), Victória Porpino, Norma Machado, Anita Ekman, Sandra Benites, Kandyê Medina, Ruth Takiya  

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Image credit: AMITIKATXI, Itu nai anya arimikane (detail), 2021. Photo: Mirko Boffelli