El tereré

Artist name

Hertha Henriette Hiebl

Artist year born

1948

Artwork make date

1991

Artwork title translation

Cold mate tea

Artwork material

woodcut
paper

Artwork dimensions

height: 29cm
width: 37cm

Artwork type (categories)

Print

Accession method

Donated by Hertha Henriette Hiebl 1996

Accession number

55-1996

Label text

In El Tereré of 1991, as in La Chipera, Hertha Hiebl illustrates an aspect of traditional life in rural Paraguay using a deliberately bold, popular style. The three men in the foreground are sharing a jar of tereré, a cold water version of the mate tea commonly found elsewhere in South America. The tereré is contained in a vessel called a guampa, traditionally made from a bull's horn, and is sipped through a tube or bombilla of silver or tin. The arrangement of the figures gives the event an almost sacramental character, reflecting the importance that the consumption of tereré and mate has in Paraguayan culture.
Valerie Fraser

Last updated date

2008