Tembetas Pinzas Earrings Gold Plated This Magnificent golden piece is

This Magnificent golden piece is composed of at least 12 different kind of beads

must have induced to special mental states during ceremonies and rituals

This piece is symbolic of the Sun’s ability to connect the spiritual and physical world and the relationship that exists between deities and men

eminating the cosmos it creates

Tembetas Pinzas Earrings Gold Plated This Magnificent golden piece isMany Andean societies boasted a dual social and thought structure, which they symbolised using complementary opposites in nature and the cosmos: male and female, sun and moon, above and below, night and day, heat and cold. These 24K gold earrings clearly complement two opposite elements; the small round tembetas were used to pierce the lower lip to modify the mouth for spiritual protection. And the pinzas, a very stylized needle found in ritual