Mood: Calm, Protected, Open
Best For: Ceremony, meditation, statement piece
Type: Large collar necklace
Colors: Multicolor, leaning to blue
Tribe: Yawanawa
Origin: Acre, Brazilian Amazon
Made: By hand, bead by bead
Many colors, but the eye always comes back to blue: the color of water and sky.
Large Blue Yawanawa Collar
A wide, multicolor collar that sits around the neck and over the shoulders, with blue tones running through the whole pattern. It is a statement piece, made for ceremony and for days when you want to carry something with meaning.
For the Amazon tribes, the river is the road, the source of food and the home of spirits, and blue reminds of that. A collar of this size takes many days of work. Each bead is put in its place by hand, and the pattern is held in the memory of the maker, not on paper.
Read the full story of Yawanawa beadwork.
Every piece is made by hand, so no two are exactly the same. The one you receive is the one in the photos.
What Yawanawa Jewelry Carries
For the Yawanawa, a piece of jewelry is never just decoration.
- The spirit of the materials – seeds, feathers and beads are believed to carry the spirit of the forest, and whoever wears them carries it too.
- A language of patterns – every pattern tells a story, a myth or a teaching, and keeps the memory of the people alive from one generation to the next.
- Taken with respect – materials are gathered without harming the forest, as a way of giving thanks for what it gives.
- Born in vision – many patterns and colors come from visions seen in ceremony with ayahuasca.
- A talisman – worn for protection, strength and harmony, and to stay connected with yourself and with nature.
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