Sacred Items

For the Shipibo, pottery is distinctly female work.  Quempo is how the Shipibo refer to this type of flaring bowl, also known in the jungle as mocahua.  It is used to used to drink masato, a thick, yucca-based drink and for other fluids and therefore has external water-related motifs. The thin walls of this bowl are elegantly constructed so that the rim is narrower than the body.  A face is painted over slight protrusions of pottery for the eyes, nose, chin and ears.  Beautifully painted with fine Shipibo artistic patterns, typical of their work. Slight variations occur due to the handmade nature of this item.  Made by Shipibo women of Peru. Learn More

For the Shipibo, pottery is distinctly female work.  Quempo is how the Shipibo refer to this type of flaring bowl, also known in the jungle as mocahua.  It is used to used to drink masato, a thick, yucca-based drink and for other fluids and therefore has external water-related motifs. The thin walls of this bowl are elegantly constructed so that the rim is narrower than the body.  A face is painted over slight protrusions of pottery for the eyes, nose, chin and ears.  Beautifully painted with fine Shipibo artistic patterns, typical of their work. Slight variations occur due to the handmade nature of this item.  Made by Shipibo women of Peru. Learn More

Pulled from the shores in and around Peru and still encrusted with remains of barnacles, these shells can be seen on many a curandero's mesa and are often used in ceremonial purposes. Peru. Learn More

Pulled from the shores in and around Peru and still encrusted with remains of barnacles, these shells can be seen on many a curandero's mesa and are often used in ceremonial purposes. Peru. Learn More

A beautiful piece for meditation and inspiration. The nautilus, from the Greek for sailor, is a nocturnal creature, spending most of its life at ocean depth. Its shell, lined with mother-of-pearl, grows into increasingly larger chambers throughout its life and so has become a symbol for expansion and renewal. Sometimes called a living fossil for its long existence on the planet, the beautiful and proportionally perfect nautilus shell exemplifies a special kind of spiral curve which appears in nature called a logarithmic spiral, or miraculous spiral. One of this spiral’s unique mathematical properties is that the size of the spiral increases, but its shape is unaltered with each successive curve. Learn More

A singular beautiful natural turkey feather is embellished with a hand-stitched, leather-wrapped holder and short leather fringe with beads. Made in traditional style by Navaho Indian artists, this feather is perfect for ceremonial smuding or for rustic Learn More