Sacred Items

This finely detailed, hand-crafted stone carving represents a miniature Andean farm complete with animals, patio, buildings and a side altar with circles. This piece is impressive for the detail and close carving of the figures. Creamy marble-like stone talismans such as this were once used among the Quechua and Aymara people for ensuring the reproductive fertility of domestic animals. Called illas or canopas in Quechua and mullas in Aymara, these are small figurative charms used to ensure fertility, love, and other of life's benefits. Those which are made for the purpose of increasing the fecundity and health of flocks of herd animals are also sometimes called chacras, that word meaning field or pasture and the charms being activated by burial in a field or pasture. Learn More

Visage of the Moche Lord of Sipan hand-crafted of Peruvian silver and inlaid with semi precious stones and shell such as turquoise, spondylus, and mother of pearl. Beautifully detailed roping design surrounds the bottom edge of the stand and bead-like patterns surround the head. Chakana cross symbol is evident on the middle of the stand. Handcrafted in Peru. Learn More

Visage of the Moche Lord of Sipan hand-made of Peruvian 950 sterling silver and inlaid with semi-precious stone and shell such as turquoise, spondylus, and mother of pearl. Beautifully detailed roping design surrounds the bottom edge of the stand and bead-like patterns surround the head. Symbols of sun and moon are inset on the stand. Handcrafted Peru. Learn More

Attractive piece with the profile of the Moche deity "EL GUERRERO DEGOLLADOR". Painstakingly handmade of Peruvian 950 sterling silver, the piece is inlaid with lapis lazuli, mother of pearl, spondylus and turquoise. Elaborate silverwork with roping pattern surrounding the base makes this piece worthy of a place of honor in your house. Peru. Learn More

Ganesh, the elephant headed god of wisdom and sucess is the defender and remover of obstacles.

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Intriguing Chinese carving appearing to consist of two unique figures, said to represent a shaman morphing into a bird. Resembling carvings attributed to the Hongshan culture, this carving includes an ox-nose loophole, i.e., a double hole resembling the nostrils of an ox, indicating that it was attached to clothing as pendant. Some scholars believed some of the carvings were adornments attached to the cloth of a shaman's ritual vestments. Some Hongshan jade animals figures were believed to possess ...mystical powers. Learn More

This fascinating stone carving bears a Hong Shan dragon and bird facing each other nose to nose on one side and a pig dragon on the back of a water dragon's tail. Learn More

Our curious bi stone depicts a carving of a C dragon with a horned human figure. Learn More

Known as a bi disc, this one replicates Hong Shan discs which includes a demigod header with an ibex goat. Learn More