Weaving is an integral practice for the Awajún and Wampis men. The use of different plant fibres, such as cotton, tamshi, and chambira serve as the basis for the fabrication of baskets, bags, and clothing.

Basket making is a work performed by the men for their wives and daughters, using different materials such as vines, leaves, and reeds harvested from the forest, woven into a variety of shapes and sizes. Among them are the tukúp in Awajún or pitak in the Wampis language, made from the tamshi fibre, a type of climbing vine belonging to the Heteropsis and Thoracocarpus genera, found in the primary forests of the Amazon. Unlike many other fibers derived from leaves, tamshi fiber is obtained from the plant's long, aerial roots that hang from trees.

The tukúp or pitak is designed with a tightly woven lid, lined with pitai or pumpu leaves from the banana tree, which acts as the basket's waterproofing. It is carried on the shoulder from a strap made of bark or woven from chambira, and is used for storing or transporting delicate objects.

The word tukúp is also associated with the wasp, taking after the honeycomb design of its nest; the basket is woven to mimic that pattern. In 2024, we celebrated the art of this basket tradition with the exhibition 'Pitak - the woven identity of the Wampis' at the Xapiri Ground gallery in Cusco.

The suku is another closed-weave basket, which is made for the women by the men and is used to collect fruits or fish, crops from the farm such as banana and cocona, among others. The shikitai is another type of basket normally used for catching small fish.

The traditional Awajún bag is known as a kumbai or wampach, and is made from chambira fibre. When designs like stripes are desired, the fiber is dyed with natural plant pigments such as yamacay; a type of shrub or small tree whose leaves are used to produce a dark pigment, typically appearing as a deep brown or black.

The bag or wampach comes in large and small sizes. The small one is known as ichimpach, which was traditionally used to carry tobacco when entering the forest in search of a "vision.