María Rosa Yucuna de Valencia.
Photo courtesy of Embassy of Colombia in Washington, D.C.
María Rosa Yucuna de Valencia and Yaneth Tanimuka Yucuna work together to cook casabe, an staple all over the Amazon, over the fire pit.
Photo by Walter Larrimore, Smithsonian Institution
Photo courtesy of Embassy of Colombia in Washington, D.C.
Photo courtesy of Embassy of Colombia in Washington, D.C.
Photo by Walter Larrimore, Smithsonian Institution
María Rosa comes from a family of ceramicists. She learned the craft from her grandmother and mother, and she is currently teaching her granddaughters to make traditional pieces.
