Title: Bone Earrings from a baby sling
Material: Incised Bone Pendants, Sterling Silver, Copper
People: Shipibo-Conibo and Campa People
Country: Peru
Description: These one-of-a-kind ethnic earrings incorporate a unique
piece of Peruvian culture, bones from a baby carrier. Woven baby carriers
were adorned at the bottom with incised bone pieces. The textiles and
bone pieces featured distinct patterns known as knee or queen designs. A
shaman, through the use of the hallucinogenic herbs would access cosmic
vision to obtain the designs from the heavenly world and then transmit
them to the women who incorporate those designs into their cultural
objects such as fabrics or pottery. The designs imbues power and protection
to the home, individuals and the community. The designs represent the
paths of life, roads, meanders of the rivers, and cosmic serpents from their
ancestors.
Dimensions: 3" height x 1/2" width x 1/4" depth
