Humans have been carrying relics since the beginning of time. Stones, herbs, bones, precious metals, carved statues — we’ve placed divine and practical significance on what we carry with us through this life and into the next.
This goat hide medicine amulet carries a hand dyed red-ochre draw string cotton bag. Some of our ancestors were Guachichiles from the mountains of the San Luis Potosi area in Mexico. They were known for wearing red ochre on their bodies and hair. Our use of red ochre honors our ancient connection to this mineral while serving as protection as we make our way down the Red Road.
Inside the draw string bag you’ll find black obsidian, chaparral, and blue maiz. Obsidian is another ancient ally. Serving us as a sharp weapon, a practical tool for everyday life, and as a reflective device. Obsidian has been, and continues to be, used in meditation - as a way to see through delusion and negative thought patterns. Chaparral, also known as creosote or gobernadora, is a strong and resilient desert spirit. This plant not only brings us the aroma of desert monsoons, but it carries deep healing medicinal properties for humans and for other plant life. Our beloved peyote loves to grow underneath this hearty shrub! We honor this plant and all it does for us, and carry it as a symbol of our own resilience and the responsibility to support the life around us. We carry blue maiz as a representation of our own flesh. We come from long lineages of ancient farmers of maiz and harvestors of the wild teocintle. Our ancestors genetically altered the teocintle grass and turned it into a wide range of kinds of maiz. Which, in turn, have sustained our people across the Americas for so long. We honor and wear our people’s ingenuity proudly.
This goat hide was harvested in the mountains of Jalisco and is embellished with a mescal bean, also known as Texas mountain laurel, as an amulet that protects the wearer and the relics inside the medicine bag. The ceremonial uses of mescal beans are extensive — generally, these seeds help ward away unwanted spirits and energies. May this medicine amulet protect its wearer on their journey.
This medicine amulet is hand-made. The materials have been carefully prepared, cut, dyed, and sewn by us.
Materials: Jalisco goat hide, deer leather suede, cotton cord, Buffalo beads, mescal bean, naturally dyed red-ochre cotton pouch, black obsidian, chaparral, blue maiz and sinew.
Made with care.
Humans have been carrying relics since the beginning of time. Stones, herbs, bones, precious metals, carved statues — we’ve placed divine and practical significance on what we carry with us through this life and into the next.
This goat hide medicine amulet carries a hand dyed red-ochre draw string cotton bag. Some of our ancestors were Guachichiles from the mountains of the San Luis Potosi area in Mexico. They were known for wearing red ochre on their bodies and hair. Our use of red ochre honors our ancient connection to this mineral while serving as protection as we make our way down the Red Road.
Inside the draw string bag you’ll find black obsidian, chaparral, and blue maiz. Obsidian is another ancient ally. Serving us as a sharp weapon, a practical tool for everyday life, and as a reflective device. Obsidian has been, and continues to be, used in meditation - as a way to see through delusion and negative thought patterns. Chaparral, also known as creosote or gobernadora, is a strong and resilient desert spirit. This plant not only brings us the aroma of desert monsoons, but it carries deep healing medicinal properties for humans and for other plant life. Our beloved peyote loves to grow underneath this hearty shrub! We honor this plant and all it does for us, and carry it as a symbol of our own resilience and the responsibility to support the life around us. We carry blue maiz as a representation of our own flesh. We come from long lineages of ancient farmers of maiz and harvestors of the wild teocintle. Our ancestors genetically altered the teocintle grass and turned it into a wide range of kinds of maiz. Which, in turn, have sustained our people across the Americas for so long. We honor and wear our people’s ingenuity proudly.
This goat hide was harvested in the mountains of Jalisco and is embellished with a mescal bean, also known as Texas mountain laurel, as an amulet that protects the wearer and the relics inside the medicine bag. The ceremonial uses of mescal beans are extensive — generally, these seeds help ward away unwanted spirits and energies. May this medicine amulet protect its wearer on their journey.
This medicine amulet is hand-made. The materials have been carefully prepared, cut, dyed, and sewn by us.
Materials: Jalisco goat hide, deer leather suede, cotton cord, Buffalo beads, mescal bean, naturally dyed red-ochre cotton pouch, black obsidian, chaparral, blue maiz and sinew.
Made with care.
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