mado jedü

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV mado jedü
Brazilian standard mado fedö
New Tribes mado jedö
historical ad hoc mado fedi

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, pages 110–111, 115, 186–188, 206:mado fedi