3139) The "Shipibo-Konibo Pottery", Peru: "Riqueza y Orgullo del Peru” ("Wealth and Pride of Peru Coin Series"): A 1 (One) Sol Coin showcases the Pottery Artwork: Date/Year of Coin issue: 2016:
The Central Reserve Bank of Peru in 2010 unveiled the design for one-sol coins, in its numismatic series called “Riqueza y Orgullo del Peru” ("Wealth and Pride of Peru").
The "Wealth and Pride of Peru" series first began in 2010 with the issue of the Golden Tumi as its motif.
Successive coins were issued such as the Karajia Sarcophagi, the Estela de Raimondi, the Chullupas of Sillustani, Machu Picchu, the Monastery of Santa Catalina, the Saywite Stone, the Great Pajaten, the Real Felipe Fortress, and the Temple of Vilcashuamán, and the Ruins/Monolith of Kuntur Wasi.
The Coins launched in this one-sol series included 26 unique designs reflecting Peru’s history and traditions.
Peru’s Central Bank has issued a new sol coin featuring the "Shipibo-Konibo Pottery" in 2015 in its Wealth and Pride series of collectors’ coins.
Shipo-Conibo Pottery Art:
The Shipibo-Conibo are an indigenous people along the Ucayali River in the Amazon rainforest in Peru. Formerly two groups, the Shipibo and the Conibo, they eventually became one distinct tribe through intermarriage and communal ritual and are currently known as the Shipibo-Conibo people.
The Shipibo-Conibo live in the 21st century while keeping with tradition, spanning millennia in the Amazonian rainforest.
Many of their traditions are still practiced, such as "Ayahuasca medicine work".
Medicine songs have inspired artistic tradition and decorative designs found in their clothing, pottery, tools and textiles.
Some of the urbanised people live around Pucallpa in the Yarina Cocha, an extensive indigenous zone. Most others live in scattered villages over a large area of jungle forest extending from Brazil to Ecuador.
Shipibo-Conibo women make beadwork and textiles, and are well-known for their pottery, decorated with maze-like red and black geometric patterns. While these ceramics were traditionally made for use in the home, an expanding tourist market has provided many households with extra income through the sale of pots and other craft items. They also prepare chapo, a sweet plantain beverage.
The Shipibo of the village of Pao-Yan used to have a diet of fish, yuca and fruits.
Recently, however, the situation has deteriorated because of global weather changes and now there is mostly just yuca and fish.
Since there has been drought followed by flooding, most of the mature fruit trees have died, and some of the banana trees and plantains are struggling.
Global increases in energy and food prices have risen due to deforestation and erosion along the Ucayali River. The basic needs of the people are more important now than ever, affecting their long-term planning abilities. There is now a sense that hunger may not be that far off for those in the farther reaches of the Shipibo nation.
Contact with Western sources – including the governments of Peru and Brazil – has been sporadic over the past three centuries.
The Shipibo are noted for a rich and complex cosmology, which is tied directly to the art and artifacts they produce.
With an estimated population of over 20,000, the Shipibo-Conibo represent approximately 8% of the indigenous registered population.
Large numbers of the population have relocated to urban areas – in particular the Eastern Peruvian cities of Pucallpa and Yarinacocha – to gain access to better educational and health services, as well as to look for alternative sources of monetary income.
Like all other indigenous populations in the Amazon basin, the Shipibo-Conibo are threatened by severe pressure from outside influences such as oil speculation, logging, narco-trafficking, and conservation.
Commemorative Coin:
Inscribed towards the centre left periphery is the inscription - "CERÁMICA SHIPIBO – KONIBO CULTURA VIVA."
Vertically engraved is seen "1 NEUVO SOL".
The specifications of the One Sol Coin are:
Country of issue: Republic of Peru; Coin Series Theme: "Riqueza y Orgullo del Peru” ("Wealth and Pride of Peru Coin Series"); Coin Theme: "Shipibo Conibo Pottery"; Coin Quality: Circulation Commemorative Coin; Date/Year of Coin issue: 2016; Denomination of Coin: 1 (One Nuevo Sol); Metal Composition: Nickel-brass; Weight: 7.32 grams; Diameter/Size: 25.5 mm; Thickness: 1.9 mm; Minted By: National Mint House; Mint Mark: LIMA; Mintage: 10.00 Million pieces; Shape: Round; Technique: Milled; Orientation/Coin alignment: ↑↓; Edge: Reeded.
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