Peru Andes: Earrings featuring small native wayruros seeds

Description

Handcrafted in Cuzco, Peru Andes
Earrings featuring small red and black native
Wayruro
seeds.
SIZE: Length of earrings: 2 inches.
Wayruros
are seeds found in Peru which are thought to bring good luck. Custom is to attach one seed with a red ribbon on the wrist of a newborn baby to guarantee a good life.
These authentic crafts handmade by the descendants of the Inkas in the Peruvian Andes are hand carried to New York City by the president of the NGO Yachay Wasi who is himself a Quechua speaking Indigenous artist residing in Cuzco, Peru.
Cuzco in the Peruvian Andes is the ancient capital of Tawantinsuyu, the Inka empire.
Photo of Inti Raymi, Festival to the Sun, by Luis Delgado Hurtado
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