Amaru Cuff. A ceremonial brass cuff carrying Amaru, the feline-serpents, from the stone of Chavín de Huántar.
Amaru is the cosmic serpent of the Andes, the being that dwells in the deep layers of consciousness and the deep layers of the earth. In Chavín carving, Amaru appears as feline-serpents, two beings mirrored in sacred reciprocity, their bodies marked with scales, water, seeds and eyes.
The Amaru Cuff carries this teaching on the body. Two feline-serpents mirroring one another, one giving as the other receives. Neither moves without the other. In the Andean tradition this is Ayni, sacred reciprocity: what flows to you must flow onward through you.
Worn at the wrist, where the pulse comes closest to the surface, Amaru becomes a reminder of what you are in relationship with.
Each piece is drawn in Peru, in consultation with teachers in Áncash, and handcrafted in Bali by metalsmiths who shape each piece in wax before casting in brass. 5% of every sale returns to Yarpakuti Chawpin, the organisation in Áncash that keeps this tradition alive.
Each piece arrives in a KANTU pouch, with a story card and a care card.
Materials: solid brass. Adjustable, unisex.
Adornment as Remembrance.
Amaru Cuff. A ceremonial brass cuff carrying Amaru, the feline-serpents, from the stone of Chavín de Huántar.
Amaru is the cosmic serpent of the Andes, the being that dwells in the deep layers of consciousness and the deep layers of the earth. In Chavín carving, Amaru appears as feline-serpents, two beings mirrored in sacred reciprocity, their bodies marked with scales, water, seeds and eyes.
The Amaru Cuff carries this teaching on the body. Two feline-serpents mirroring one another, one giving as the other receives. Neither moves without the other. In the Andean tradition this is Ayni, sacred reciprocity: what flows to you must flow onward through you.
Worn at the wrist, where the pulse comes closest to the surface, Amaru becomes a reminder of what you are in relationship with.
Each piece is drawn in Peru, in consultation with teachers in Áncash, and handcrafted in Bali by metalsmiths who shape each piece in wax before casting in brass. 5% of every sale returns to Yarpakuti Chawpin, the organisation in Áncash that keeps this tradition alive.
Each piece arrives in a KANTU pouch, with a story card and a care card.
Materials: solid brass. Adjustable, unisex.
Adornment as Remembrance.
