When Glicéria Tupinambá, an Indigenous Brazilian artist, first visited the Quai Branly Museum in Paris, she had an encounter that would change her life.
It was 2018 and museum officials had invited Glicéria — a member of the Tupinambá people — to see a mantle, or feathered cape, that her ancestors had made hundreds of years ago.
Glicéria expected to simply study the artifact, she recalled in a recent interview.
But upon seeing its plumage, she said, she started experiencing spectacular visions.
“Suddenly, I see myself facing an ancestor,” Glicéria recalled, “and this ancestor shows me images from the past, and speaks to me with this vast and female energy.”Glicéria set out to learn everything she could about the capes, including how to make them herself.
Persons:
Glicéria, Glicéria —, ” Glicéria, ”
Organizations:
Quai Branly Museum
Locations:
Brazilian, Paris, Bahia, Brazil