Bolivian Brass Llama Charm from the Witches' Market of La Paz cardigan and composition

and composition

The twin towers

Design: A long-snouted deer form with prominent antlers

part of the antagonist roles in highland Maya festival dramas

Because every piece is handmade

Bolivian Brass Llama Charm from the Witches' Market of La Paz cardigan and compositionA small brass llama acquired at the Calle de las Brujas, the witches' market of La Paz, Bolivia. The yarn tied at its neck is not decoration. It was set by a practitioner at the market, and it is the working part of the object. In Aymara tradition the llama is a figure of prosperity and protection, kept for the home and bound up with the offerings made to Pachamama, the earth mother. A llama charm is meant to be present in the household it looks after