Shipibo Peruvian Ayahuasca Medicine Embroided Handmade Tapestry Textile Ex Large

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Shipibo Peruvian Ayahuasca Medicine Embroided Handmade Tapestry Textile Ex Large.
4 ft 6 inches tall
5 ft wide
Shipibo are an ethnic group from the Peruvian Amazon, that have more or less maintained their tribal identity and still practice their shamanic traditions and beliefs. One of these is the ayahuasca ceremony. Ayahuasca is a shamanic hallucinogen from native plants from the Amazonian Rainforest.
Designs and patterns are created by women after listening to songs of a shaman, which are often inspired and influenced by the use of the ayahuasca.
Each design starts in the center and spreads out, portraying a map of the cosmosEach desing carries its own specific various items to aid you in ceremonial and sacred sounding.
It was hand embroidered by a shipibo woman in Pucallpa city
Beautiful work, great condition, fair trade