Sacred Items

Cute and curious carved disc featuring what appears to be a sea dragon with bulging eyes and curved tail looking directly at you. This different orientation of the dragon is a unique aspect of this piece which also features other intricate carvings and a hole for affixing to a garment or other cloth fastener. Learn More

A beauty in any culture! This carved Phoenix disc is attributed to similar ones from the Zhou Dynasty, c 1046–256 BCE. Learn More

This curious plaque is believed to be a shaman's teaching plaque. This stone plaque is said to be made by or for a shaman. At a gathering, the shaman would hand out the proper lessons carving on a plaque to be prayed to as a learning process. Learn More

Our seven point chumpi stone is patiently and skillfully carved from what the people of Peru call meteorite stone. Physically this stone is very heavy and energetically very alive. The seven points represent the position the stone takes on a shaman's sacred mesa cloth (in relation to other stones), and in turn, the specific mountain of the twelve mountains which surround Cusco.  The mountain associated with 7 is Apu Machu Picchu.   Hand crafted in Peru.

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This mayoral staff is hand-made of chonta wood and embellished with chains and bands of alpaca silver. Staffs such as these are traditionally given to the mayor as a symbol of his position. Often used by northern coastal curanderos as an arte on their mesas and used in their healing practice. Peru. Learn More