We want to invite you to be a part of our small but growing project, that is rooted in our cultural values of Ayni (Sacred Reciprocity) and Sumaq Kausay (Collective Responsibility), and a deep desire for justice-centered commerce. Our dream is to share unique and hard to come by textiles and handmade items from our traditions to those that may cherish these items in their homes, and in this way offer a channel for fair and dignified exchange for all parties. We work with talented weavers, artisans and designers in the Andes and Amazon of Peru and Bolivia- which we are connected to and have close relationships with.

All of these items are handmade and can take anywhere from weeks, to 2 months, to a year to make. They all contain oral traditions and stories that have been channeled in a sacred way by weavers, elders and medicine people, and kept alive for hundreds of years. All textiles are made with hand-spooled yarn that is sustainably harvested from sheep and/or alpaca, and then naturally dyed with plants, seeds, fruits and woods through a meticulous and skilled process.

We currently also operate a small storefront in Ollantaytambo, in the Sacred Valley of the Incas in Peru.

We humbly feel that this work is a reconciliation and reparation with our Indigenous communities that have been impacted harshly by the legacy of colonialism and introduction of Poverty. And an attempt to disconnect from the standard of exploitation and desire for cheap goods from the global south. We feel it is time to reconcile and repair in order regain the harmony between each other that is our collective birthright. We wish you many blessings in your life and on your path. And we hope to be in touch, as we learn with and from each other, how to negotiate in kinder and more equitable ways.

With Love <3

*Please get in touch for pricing and recent items that have not yet been updated. We are happy to give you a private online showing. We can also make or find any particular items you may be interested in. Our Textile prices range from $200-550, and ceremonial necklaces range from $160-400. Our prices reflect the current economic reality of Peru and Bolivia, and are in the spirit of generous fair pricing for the artisans, sustainable income and beyond fair-trade. Pluma.Sumaq@gmail.com

YANANTIN MASINTIN

Pachatata Pachamama

These pieces represent the balancing of sacred masculine and sacred feminine energies that are always alive and present in all our existence. They invite the harmonizing of Yanantin Masintin duality and support us to walk with this energy and prayer. They are handmade within the same tradition of our ancestors who used them in their offering and their personal altars. They can be placed on your personal altar or you can carry it with you to walk with you on your path. They are made of copper. Please note these are handmade with inconsistencies. Comes a with handwoven pouch with symbols of natural and sacred elements that are energetically woven into the pouch.

Andino Trilogy

Symbolizing the three levels of time and space, the condor, puma and serpent are considered powerful spirit guides that can share with us immense power and wisdom. They represent the celestial realms, material reality and the unconscious and darkness, which we all embody and move through. They are handmade within the same tradition of our ancestors who used them in their offering and their personal altars. They can be placed on your personal altar or you can carry it with you to walk with you on your path. They are made of copper and gold plated Please note these are handmade with inconsistencies. Comes a with handwoven pouch with symbols of natural and sacred elements that are energetically woven into the pouch.

YANANTIN MASINTIN

Pachatata Pachamama

These pieces represent the balancing of sacred masculine and sacred feminine energies that are always alive and present in all our existence. They invite the harmonizing of Yanantin Masintin duality and support us to walk with this energy and prayer. They are handmade within the same tradition of our ancestors who used them in their offering and their personal altars. They can be placed on your personal altar or you can carry it with you to walk with you on your path. They are made of copper and gold plated. Please note these are handmade with inconsistencies. Comes a with handwoven pouch with symbols of natural and sacred elements that are energetically woven into the pouch.

YANANTIN MASINTIN

Pachatata Pachamama

Hampatu (Frog)

The frog represents abundance and fertility. The one who calls the rain and arrives with the rains. The humidity and fertility of earth. The one who guards and protects the seeds that are incubating from plagues and intruders, allowing seeds and dreams to take root and flourish. This little animal is considered good heart medicine because she protects fiercely with her tongue by eating insects, but equally represents the openness required to blossom. This item is handmade within the same tradition of our ancestors who used them in their offering and their personal altars. They can be placed on your personal altar or you can carry it with you to walk with you on your path. They are made of copper. Please note these are handmade with inconsistencies. Comes a with handwoven pouch with symbols of natural and sacred elements that are energetically woven into the pouch.

Huayak’a Bag w/ Fringe

The traditional use of this small bag was to store your favorite seeds, small sacred objects and your personal offerings to the earth. And can now be used for the same reasons, and for your own personal items to keep on an altar or carry with you throughout your day. Modern uses include keeping tobacco, necklaces, money, etc. It is handwoven from natural sheep wool and hand-dyed using natural dyes.

Dimensions:
4.75” x 4.5”

The Camelids of the Andes

These beings were created at the foot of the sacred snows in the Andes. They offered and offer their coats so that us humans could create our own clothes. They also nourish us with their blood and bodies. And from their bones we create our tools used to our traditions such as weaving. They represent the sustenance and nourishment that is available to us from life. They are handmade within the same tradition of our ancestors who used them in their offering and their personal altars. They can be placed on your personal altar or you can carry it with you to walk with you on your path. They are made of copper and gold plated. Please note these are handmade with inconsistencies. Comes a with handwoven pouch with symbols of natural and sacred elements that are energetically woven into the pouch.

Huayak’a Bag w/ Pink Border

Dimensions:
5.5” x 7.5”

Small Jalq’a Chuspa bag

This small bag woven in the style of Jalq’a, was created with the energy of mystery, darkness, chaos and possibility. This style of weaving represents the Uku Pacha- the underworld, which is why the animals are imaginary and without order. They are the energy of chaos, and it is believed that from chaos comes possibility and order. It was traditionally used to carry your daily offerings. And can now be used for your own personal and sacred objects, and as a reminder that life unfolds in mystery and asks us for surrender. Modern uses include keeping tobacco, necklaces, money, cell phone etc. It is handwoven from natural sheep wool and hand-dyed using natural dyes.

Dimensions:
5.5” x 6.75”

Medium Yampara Tarabuco Chuspa Bag

This small bag is made using a technique called Pallay, which is unique to the weavers of Yamapara Tarabuco and comes from a very remote and high altitude region of the Andes in Bolivia. It features the colors of the rainbow, which are abundant in this part of the earth. Yampara means, “place where the rain walks.” For this reason that the designs represent the Kay pacha, the material earth plane. This differs from the Jalq’a weavings, which represents the Uku Pacha- the underworld. Which is why the animals are imaginary and without order. It is handwoven from natural sheep wool and hand-dyed using natural dyes. And can take up to 3 months to make.

Dimensions:
9” x 10.75”

red & Black Tarabuco Chuspa Bag

This small bag is made using a technique called Pallay, which is unique to the weavers of Yamapara Tarabuco and comes from a very remote and high altitude region of the Andes in Bolivia. The designs represent the various animal and plant communities of earth, and the communities we all belong to. It is handwoven from natural sheep wool and hand-dyed using natural dyes. And can take up to 3 months to make.

Small Unkuña Altar cloth

This small altar cloth was traditionally used to wrap offerings and to read coca leaves. It is very versatile for every day use with sacred items, such as crystals, oracle cards, and to create small altars. Or can be used for any kind of reading or divination. It is handwoven from natural sheep wool and hand-dyed using natural dyes.

Dimensions:
1st: 8.5” x 9.5”
2nd: 9.5” x 9.5”

Ylla Monolith Spirit Guide 2

Small stone spirit guide and teacher, brought into creation with the intention to transmit protection and wisdom from your own chosen or ancestral spirit masters. They come from a tradition of bringing down stones from a sacred mountain in order to carve sacred beings who will then serve as living representations of the guides and teachers that walk with each of us. The mountains are living wise ancestors that share with us their centeredness, perspective and knowing. This energy and wisdom is available to all of us each time we visit a mountain and made accessible through these stone beings who keep us company and remind us we are not alone. They come from the ancient sacred site of Tiwanaku in Bolivia, which was the center of one of the first civilizations of this earth and considered a portal into the cosmos. Can be placed on your altar or around your home. It is not ideal to keep out in the elements or to withstand heavy wear and tear because it is made out of an unfinished soft stone. Ideally it can be placed somewhere in your home where it can live undisturbed.

LLijlla Manta Textile

This textile called a manta, was traditionally used to carry one’s baby, harvested plants and produce, and were the original backpack of the Andes. The symbols and colors are distinct to the region and communities where they come from. Each place has unique patterns and designs that help to identify where someone is from. This textile comes from the Charca community in Northeast Bolivia. It’s designs are pre-columbian and ancient. It’s patterns symbolize the Hanan Pacha, which is the celestial realm where the Ascended Masters, wise spirits and our own higher selves live. These beautiful designs serve as a visual representation of the wind and the stars, which include our sun as well as many other suns. Because it is created with such intricate designs it can take up to 6 or 7 months to make. It is handwoven from natural sheep wool and hand-dyed using natural dyes.

Dimensions:
30.75” x 19.5”

Lijlla Q’ero Textile (Blue)

This textile has a similar pattern to the Ancient Textile above, of the sacred feminine and sacred masculine, which honors duality. And are made using centuries old techniques and symbols. Along the center line lie symbols that represent our mind, called Yachay which represent our consciousness and wisdom. As the women weavers who make this textile grow in their own consciousness and awareness, they adorn their mantas or textiles, in order to reflect that. Here you can see this was woven by a very young woman, likely a girl, because the panels that run along the center only contain one diamond which is colored in and adorned. A weaver may return to the same manta and continue adorning this center panel or may weave a brand new creation with more colors along the center to reflect her centeredness in her consciousness and wisdom. The act of weaving in this wisdom allows the her wisdom to live in consciousness and in the textile. This practice also allows others to see what stage in growth someone is and to connect accordingly to those phases with each other. These are also special because they are from a Q’ero community- a nation of Andean people who lived virtually isolated throughout colonialism and managed to preserve their traditions, identity and wisdom over thousands of years.

Dimensions:
45” x 47.5”

Javali Ceremonial Necklace

Traditionally made by Amazonian cultures in Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil, this ceremonial necklace is made with a Javali tooth. Wearing the tooth of a Jaguar or Javali is like carrying the animal’s spirit and guidance with you, as well as the energy of the Amazon. To carry it on you, means you are also protected by the energy- the cleverness and fearlessness of the Javali or Jaguar. This necklace was made in ritual (by a local ceremonialist), asking permission to the animal, it’s spirit, the Apus (sacred mountains who keep this land) and the Amazon. Each necklace is made by channelling cosmic force and intention for the wearer to receive wisdom, protection and corresponding energies, and for the necklace to find it’s way to the right person at the right time in their journey. Made to order ceremonial necklaces that work with your own intention and inquiry are also available.

HUAYAK’A BAG W/ corn designs

Dimensions:
4.125” x 5.5”

Huayak’a Bag w/ birds of a flock design

Dimensions:
4.75” x 6”

Small Yampara Tarabuco Chuspa Bag

This small bag is made using a technique called Pallay, which is unique to the weavers of Yamapara Tarabuco and comes from a very remote and high altitude region of the Andes in Bolivia. The designs represent our everyday lives. The colors represent the rainbow which are abundant in this part of the earth. Yampara means, “place where the rain walks.” For this reason that the designs represent the Kay pacha, the material earth plane. This differs from the Jalq’a weavings, which represents the Uku Pacha- the underworld. Which is why the animals are imaginary and without order. It is handwoven from natural sheep wool and hand-dyed using natural dyes. And can take up to 3 months to make.

Dimensions:
9.125” x 9”

red & Black Tarabuco Chuspa Bag

This small bag is made using a technique called Pallay, which is unique to the weavers of Yamapara Tarabuco and comes from a very remote and high altitude region of the Andes in Bolivia. The designs represent the various animal and plant communities of earth, and the communities we all belong to. It is handwoven from natural sheep wool and hand-dyed using natural dyes. And can take up to 3 months to make.

Ylla Monolith Spirit Guide 1

Ylla Monolith Spirit Guide 3

LLijlla ANcient Textile

This textile is traditionally used for ceremony and ritual. They usually have a center that can be clearly seen and with the sides representing duality and the overlapping and interlacing energies of the sacred feminine and sacred masculine. The symbols are very unique and particular to this textile. They are symbols only used in ceremony such as the Chakana (the bridge or portal to the cosmos) and Chaska Wilkamayu (the milky way). This ancient textile was used by the Elders and wise women of the community. This kind of textile with these symbols is scarce and rare in these modern times. We were particularly excited to find it!

Dimensions:
58.5” x 40”

[SOLD] Lijlla Q’ero Textile

This textile has a similar pattern to the Ancient Textile above, of the sacred feminine and sacred masculine, which honors duality. And are made using centuries old techniques and symbols. Along the center line lie symbols that represent our mind, called Yachay which represent our consciousness and wisdom. As the women weavers who make this textile grow in their own consciousness and awareness, they adorn their mantas or textiles, in order to reflect that. In this textile you can see this woman is older and wiser, and has entered a different stage in her life. The panels that run along the center are almost fully colored in and adorned. A weaver may return to the same manta and continue adorning this center panel or may weave a brand new creation with more colors along the center to reflect her centeredness in her consciousness and wisdom- as in this textile. The act of weaving in this wisdom allows the her wisdom to live in consciousness and in the textile. This practice also allows others to see what stage in growth someone is and to connect accordingly to those phases with each other. These are also special because they are from a Q’ero community- a nation of Andean people who lived virtually isolated throughout colonialism and managed to preserve their traditions, identity and wisdom over thousands of years.

Dimensions:
40.5” x 48.25”