Handmade Embroidered Shipibo Medicine Bag

100% Natural Cotton | Hand-Embroidered in the Peruvian Amazon

This Handmade Shipibo Medicine Bag carries sacred design and purpose. Made from durable, natural cotton, it is hand-embroidered by Shipibo-Konibo women living in the Peruvian Amazon. These artists work with full attention and spiritual intention.

The embroidered patterns are not random. Known as Icaros, they are visual expressions of healing songs. Each design is based on visions received during Ayahuasca ceremonies. The Shipibo do not invent these patterns—they hear and see them while in deep communion with the medicine.

Sacred Designs with Deep Meaning

Every line, spiral, and symbol within the design holds a specific purpose. Some offer protection. Others carry the energy of healing, courage, surrender, harmony, or abundance. These patterns are known to affect the mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual bodies.

The Shipibo believe these geometric designs are not just images—they are living medicine. Each one can also be sung. In fact, many Shipibo elders describe the patterns as musical scores, with each design functioning as a map of an Icaro, or healing song.

Together, the embroidered design and the song it represents work in harmony. They hold and transmit the energy of the blessing or healing intended.

Shipibo Medicine Bag: For Ceremonial and Everyday Use

This medicine bag is traditionally used to hold sacred items—such as plant medicines, stones, or ceremonial tools. It is compact, strong, and made to be used. You can carry it during ceremony, in nature, or as part of your daily spiritual practice.

Because of its strength and symbolism, the bag becomes a practical ally and a spiritual one. It helps you stay grounded while keeping your sacred objects close.

Shipibo Medicine Bag: Supporting Cultural Continuity and Craft

By purchasing this medicine bag, you are directly supporting Shipibo artists and their families. You are also helping to preserve an ancestral lineage of healing and artistic knowledge. Embroidery, for the Shipibo, is more than a craft—it is a way to carry tradition forward.

Each piece is unique. Every stitch is intentional. The patterns are not copied from templates. Instead, they come from real visions, real songs, and real healing.

A Living Piece of the Forest

This bag is more than functional. It is a carrier of medicine, culture, and story. Woven into its design is a relationship with the plants, rivers, spirits, and elements of the Amazon.

Each bag is a reminder: healing is not only about the body—it is about connection, intention, and listening.

Shipibo Medicine Bag