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Nato Tupinambá

Guardian of Ancestral Knowledge • Amazon Rainforest

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Nato Tupinambá is a Tupinambá Indigenous leader, artisan, and spiritual guardian from the Brazilian Amazon.

For decades, he has dedicated his life to protecting ancestral knowledge, caring for his community, and maintaining the spiritual traditions of his people — traditions that were never meant to be extracted, commercialized, or separated from the forest that gave birth to them.

The pieces you find here are not creations made for a market.
They are expressions made from within a living culture.

Handcrafted Indigenous Art from the Amazon

These pieces are not souvenirs. They are not replicas. And they cannot be remade. Each Tiririca Ancestral Medicine Piece is handcrafted in the Amazon rainforest by Nato Tupinambá and his wife, following ancestral methods passed through generations of the Tupinambá people. They are living expressions of culture, prayer, and relationship with the forest.

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Tiririca Indigenous Jewelry • Amazonian Sacred Materials

​Tiririca is a sacred Amazonian seed gathered directly from the forest, one by one.

Each seed is:

  • collected by hand

  • carefully pierced

  • naturally dyed using pigments from Amazonian roots and plants

 

The creation of a single piece takes approximately 15–20 days, following a slow, intentional process guided by ancestral knowledge, prayer, and attention.

Nothing here is rushed. Nothing is industrial.

 

Each piece carries time, presence, and memory.

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Reciprocity • Indigenous Support • Living Legacy

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This collection was created for this moment and this purpose. 50% of all profits are dedicated to the construction of the Tupinambá Casa de Medicina — a traditional Indigenous Medicine House envisioned by Nato Tupinambá. An additional 25% covers the material and production costs, ensuring the work remains sustainable and respectful.

75% of the value of each piece goes directly to Nato and his community.

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The Casa de Medicina Tupinambá will be a sacred space where:

  • Indigenous and non-Indigenous people may come seeking prayer, healing, guidance, and counsel

  • ancestral knowledge continues to live and be transmitted

  • community care and spiritual support remain accessible for generations

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When you acquire one of these pieces, you are not donating — you are participating in a living project.

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The Jaguar & the Tupinambá Lineage

The Jaguar is the sacred animal of the Tupinambá people.

It represents:

  • protection

  • strength

  • leadership

  • clarity

  • the opening of paths

 

Many pieces in this collection carry Jaguar symbolism and ancestral geometric codes reflecting Tupinambá lineage.

Each piece is blessed through prayer, carrying not only beauty, but intention, protection, and cultural continuity.

 Direct Reciprocity

​​These Indigenous medicine pieces are offered at a fair and conscious price that honors:

  • the time, skill, and knowledge of the artisans

  • the exclusivity of each one-of-a-kind piece

  • the cultural and spiritual significance of the craft

This is not symbolic giving. It is direct reciprocity.

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By acquiring one of these pieces, you are:

  • supporting Indigenous artisans directly

  • contributing to the construction of the Tupinambá Casa de Medicina

  • carrying a living fragment of the Amazon rainforest

 

Each piece is unique. Once it leaves, it cannot be recreated.

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Supporting from Outside the U.S.

At this time, we ship Tiririca Ancestral Medicine Pieces exclusively within the United States. If you feel called to support Nato Tupinambá and the construction of the Casa de Medicina Tupinambá, but are located outside the United States, you are warmly invited to contribute directly.

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