19th April, 2018 - 3rd May, 2018 
The National Museum in Szczecin

The exhibits and photographs presented at the exhibition, made by Boris Malkin, represent over 20 different Indian groups, including Ye'kuana, E'ñepá, Piaroa and Hoti from Venezuela, Shipibo and Campa from Peru, Kofán from Colombia and Ekawdor, Carajá and Tapirape from Brazil and Tukúna from Brazil, Peru and Colombia. The exhibition aims to show the craft of the Amazon Indians from the perspective of their surrounding nature, affecting the characteristic shape of their culture. The products of local handicrafts are typically used objects, often also as disposable products. Inspired by nature, Indians acquire and use materials available in their environment: feathers, seeds, animal bones, tapas (material obtained from the inner bark of trees and shrubs, softened in the process of soaking and breaking), wood, reed, palm leaves, cotton, clay, resin and many others. They form weapons, jewelery, costumes, ritual masks, ceramic dishes, baskets of various sizes, trays, presses, all items needed for their functioning. Presented objects, apart from functional features fulfill also aesthetic values. Multi-colored necklaces worn by everyone: children, women and men, or richly decorated feather ornaments, used to decorate the ears, head, nasal septum, testify to the need to surround themselves with beautiful objects and the ability to create attractive artifacts. The exhibits shown through ornamentation and composition also tell stories related to Indian cosmology and mythology. All objects presented at the exhibition come from the collections of the National Museum in Szczecin.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a program of educational and popularizing events.