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Crioula's shirt

Crioula's shirt

This intricately embroidered garment, known as camisa de crioula or camisú, is traditionally worn by women within Candomblé terreiros, sacred Afro-Brazilian spiritual spaces. Carlos Vinicius crafted this piece using hemp fabric, known as tecido canhamo, and white thread.

Hemp, Thread, Embroidery, Salvador, Brazil


Type

Embroidery

CRAFTED BY

Carlos Vinicius

Carlos creates embroidery pieces using the endangered barafunda technique

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