These bamboo & resin kuripe are works of exquisite craftsmanship, lovingly handmade in Acre, Brazil. Each piece is beautifully adorned depending on design with beads, stones, crystals, feathers, etching on the bamboo, or waxed string, making them ornate & beautiful as well as practical.

These kuripes are specially designed for self administering Rapè/Hapeh, a sacred shamanic snuff.

These models are made by at the Tete Pawã arts and crafts studio.  They are located in the upper Juruá region of Marechal Thaumaturgo municipality, way up on the Amazon. The only way to get there is a two day boat journey or with a four seater airplane. They produce state of the art handicrafts and excellent Kuntanawa Rapés. Tete Pawã is the Harpy in the Pano indigenous language. It is the biggest bird of prey of the region and considered very sacred to the native peoples of the region. A truly majestic and royal bird. In Huni Kuin myth he is an enchanted being created by Yuxibu, the great spirit.

Varieties

Please note that due to their handmade nature, each piece is unique, and items may vary slightly from the image.

Murmuru

Murumuru is a native palm tree of the Amazon. Its seeds are used for handicrafts and cosmetics. Here it adorns the point of the kuripe. This Kuripe is also decorated with caapi and a stone.  Beautiful pieces.

Black/Green Bird 

A simple and traditional model from the Kuntanawa family of the upper Juruá region. A nice and practical Kuripe made in the form of a bird.  Available in black or green. 

Shell

Beautifully decorated on one side with a whelk shell and a piece of caapi vine on the other.  

Jagube / Caapi

Decorated with the usual fine work and a small disk of Caapi vine (also called Jagube) on one side and a stone on the other. One amongst many names used by some tribes and religious groups from the Brazilian Amazon for Banisteriopsis caapi.

Crystal

Decorated with a natural quartz at the point, this nice piece of work is a gem. It has a pleasant open blow. A great rapé tool.