Tuku Ñawin Earrings. A pair of ceremonial brass earrings carrying the all-seeing eye of the owl, from the stone of Chavín de Huántar.
In the Quechua of Áncash, Tuku Ñawin means the total eye. The gaze that encompasses all. The point where essence concentrates and emanates. The owl was understood as a being that sees in the dark, that crosses the night, that reveals what is hidden.
The earrings carry this eye crowned by the primordial Chakana, the stepped cross. The still point at the portal of perception. The kind of seeing that comes from the inside.
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 pair arrives in a KANTU pouch, with a story card and a care card.
Materials: solid brass.
Adornment as Remembrance.
Tuku Ñawin Earrings. A pair of ceremonial brass earrings carrying the all-seeing eye of the owl, from the stone of Chavín de Huántar.
In the Quechua of Áncash, Tuku Ñawin means the total eye. The gaze that encompasses all. The point where essence concentrates and emanates. The owl was understood as a being that sees in the dark, that crosses the night, that reveals what is hidden.
The earrings carry this eye crowned by the primordial Chakana, the stepped cross. The still point at the portal of perception. The kind of seeing that comes from the inside.
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 pair arrives in a KANTU pouch, with a story card and a care card.
Materials: solid brass.
Adornment as Remembrance.
