- Antique Mapuche Square/Circle Necklace
- Traditional Mapuche Men’s/Women’s Necklace
- The round disc shapes evoke the sun, moon, and astral elements in Mapuche cosmology, viewed as masculine. The square shapes, symbolizing the earth, its four cardinal directions and a link to powerful pillanes, ancestor and earth spirits, is traditionally viewed as feminine.
- The combination points to a powerful synthesis intended as an amulet to bring harmony and protection from wekufes, malicious demons in the Mapuche worldview.
- 60% Silver by acid assay
- Approx. 30″ long
- Origin is Mapuche people of Southern Chile, ca. 1920.
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