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The BEI collection of indigenous stools includes more than 500 pieces from people from different regions: Upper and Lower Xingu, South Amazon, North of Pará, Guyanas and Northwest of Amazon. Stools combine functionality and beauty; they are wood-carved after animals found in Brazilian forests, or geometric-shaped and decorated with notches or natural pigment designs. More than just utilitarian objects, the stools help to keep alive an important symbolic dimension, representing the myths of the communities that originated them.

Because of its size and importance, BEI Collection is now a reference in Brazilian indigenous art. Its stools are being exhibited in institutions in Brazil and in the world, contributing to open new horizons on the complex interrelations between traditional arts and contemporary culture.