Caboclinho do Mato

Laura Lima
Caboclinho do Mato, 2023
Raw cotton threads dyed by natural pigments
Work: 104 x 59 x 12 cm

Caboclinho do Mato is, in Brazilian folklore, a small man who lives in the woods. One of the spirits who teaches shaman apprentices, Caboclinho was an ordinary man who drank so much ayahuasca at once that he was transported to the spiritual world, body and soul, without dying. Raw cotton threads dyed by natural pigments (black acacia, indigo, beetroot, coffee, chamomile, carqueja, onion, marsh cane, avocado seed, mackerel, mate tea, black tea, clove vine, crajiru, turmeric, fennel, maitén, avocado leaves, cashew leaves, chestnut leaves, tobacco, hibiscus, iron mordant, sweet paprika, brazilwood, red cabbage, salt, seven sangria, senna, annatto, vinegar, red wine)