Huni Kuin Tribe Beaded Bracelet - L1 - handcrafted indigenous bead jewelry - worn on wrist
Huni Kuin Tribe Beaded Bracelet - L1 - handcrafted indigenous bead jewelry
Huni Kuin Tribe Beaded Bracelet - L1 - handcrafted indigenous bead jewelry - worn on wrist
Huni Kuin Tribe Beaded Bracelet - L1 - handcrafted indigenous bead jewelry
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Huni Kuin Tribe Beaded Bracelet - L1 | Traditional Amazon Jewelry

Colorful traditional bracelet from the Huni Kuin tribe with X-shaped patterns in orange, yellow, turquoise, blue, and green. This is a closed bracelet you slip over your wrist with water and soap, worn continuously until it naturally releases. The women spend three to five days on a single piece. Handcrafted with glass missanga beads in the Brazilian Amazon.

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Huni Kuin Statement Bracelet L1 - Wide Amazon Beaded Band with Powerful Patterns

This wide beaded bracelet comes from the Brazilian Amazon, where women of the Huni Kuin tribe string them by hand. This piece celebrates color in all its forms: orange, yellow, turquoise, deep blue, and green alternate in X-shaped patterns dancing across the entire surface. The vibrancy is overwhelming in the best way.

The name Huni Kuin means "true people" or "people with traditions." Within that tradition, these bracelets are meant to stay on. You slip them over your wrist with water and soap, and they stay put like a second skin. They go with you in the shower, to work, day and night. Eventually - after weeks or months - the bracelet releases on its own. The women spend three to five days on a single piece of this size.

Key features: Handmade from glass missanga beads in an exuberant color palette. Closed bracelet worn according to traditional practice. X-shaped patterns with protective symbolism. Meant to wear continuously until it naturally releases. Each piece is one of a kind.

The traditional way of wearing

★ A bracelet that stays

This isn't jewelry you take on and off. Within Huni Kuin culture, you wear this bracelet until it releases by itself. That can take weeks, sometimes months. The bracelet becomes part of you.

★ Protection that travels with you

The symbolism in the pattern is meant as protection throughout your daily life. The bracelet goes everywhere with you and releases naturally when its time is up.

Putting it on

Wet your hand with water and soap. Then gently rotate the bracelet over your hand to your wrist - the beads slide easier when your hand is slippery. Once around your wrist, it stays secure. It goes with you in the shower, at work, during exercise. Eventually the thread wears and the bracelet releases - that's its natural end.

Specifications

  • Material: Missanga beads (glass)
  • Origin: Handmade by Huni Kuin women, Amazon rainforest Brazil
  • Style: Closed bracelet worn according to traditional practice
  • Colors: Orange, yellow, turquoise, dark blue, green, black
  • Meaning: Protective symbol, meant to wear continuously
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