mado jedü

Maquiritari
A waja decorated with nine repetitions of the mado jedü pattern.

Etymology

From mado (“jaguar”) +‎ jedü (“face”), literally ‘jaguar’s face’.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [maɾ̠o hʷeɾ̠ɨ]

Noun

mado jedü

  1. a basket design pattern resembling two square brackets linked by a center line (see image)

References
  • Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 110–111, 115, 186–188, 206
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