mindperformer Posted August 20, 2012 (edited) Ayahuasca- bowl (clay) from the shipibo in Amazonia (with Yagé and Chacruná): Tree-needle- baskets from the Tarahumara in Mexico (with Oncidium cebolleta- bulb, Scirpus atrovirens- tuber and dried Peyote): Betelnut-cracker- antique (bronze) from India with betelnuts: Betel- chalk- repository (bone) from Southeast-Asia: Chillum from Ladakh (from old monk, wood with wire-cladding and metal in it): Old apothecary Coca-leaf- jar: Coffee-jug (Djabana, copper with silver)- antique from Axum- Ethiopia: Yarn-fancywork (Peyote-vision) from the Huichol (Mexico): Kava Kava- bowl from the Fiji- Islands (wood) with Kava Kava: Opiumpipe (wood and jade) and Opium-weights (bronze, antique, from Burma) in chicken-form: Hempfarmer-cap (woven) from Manali (a souvenir from the ancient origin of Hemp, the Himalaya): Shipibo- Schamanspipe (red wood) from the Amazon-rainforest: Coca-chewer- figure (clay) from Ecuador: And my particularly proud: A selfmade mush-stone from ONE piece soapstone. Model: a Maya-mushroom-stone, found in Guatemala, from 300 - 600 AD: Ayahuasca-fancywork from the Shipibo: Edited August 20, 2012 by mindperformer 17 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
planthelper Posted August 21, 2012 (edited) very inspirational! i used to have a few antique mortar and pestils from chachapoyas, one with a stilised monky face carved into (coarse stone), and an other was made of very fine stone and used a sphere as pestile (to make very fine powder??!). i think they were made to produce maybe all sorts of powders, but foremost, it felt like, this is for yopo and vilca. here a pic of my vanuatu kava bowl, shaped like a kava leaf. Edited August 21, 2012 by planthelper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mindperformer Posted August 21, 2012 your kava bowl looks very unique. nice! do you have a picture from your mortar too? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
planthelper Posted August 22, 2012 your kava bowl looks very unique. nice! do you have a picture from your mortar too? no, but pictures excist in vienna, and the artifacts are probably aswell still in vienna (exwife got both). the monkey face reminded me of the kuelap monkey face, the artifacts were discovered, 2 day's walk from kuelap. the monkey face for me, is a simple graphic version, of the expression on the face of a yopo user. if you are interressted in that artifact, i would give you more info, if you pm me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gollum Posted August 22, 2012 Very cool, I would love to have a room set aside in my house such artefacts. It would be a great topic of conversation when friends came over. Recently came back from Fiji and in the hotel lobby they had a massive Kava bowl that could fit my 2 nephews and their friend. It was about 2.5 feet high and about 4 ft across, Huge! I joked that thats what they used to cook up humans, they almost believed me. (I was very aware to be respectful, and asked if they could climb in the bowl. They had no problems with it, as it was just a show piece not used for Kava.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mindperformer Posted August 22, 2012 (edited) wow- but maybe they really cooked humans ;-) I'm cultivating a polynesian fruit called Cannibal's Tomato (Solanum viride syn. S. uporo). There is a story about this plant: In ancient times in Fiji the fruit (must be cooked) was eaten with human flesh, because without the tomato it is hard to digest.... Edited August 22, 2012 by mindperformer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mindperformer Posted November 14, 2012 Wild tea buds (Ming Qian) infusion in a traditional bamboo cup, in which they brew it in Yunnan, the home of tea: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted November 14, 2012 Wow i don't know how i missed this thread until now. What an amazing collection of treasures MP. So the soapstone mushroom man, you made that yourself? My partner has one of those huichol yarn pictures, i love how bright and beautiful they are. I'll try take a photo sometime. Not quite as worldly as your artifacts, but my mother worked in central otago for a couple of years restoring lots of small stone huts that were built by the chinese during the NZ gold rush. She found many little bottles and kitchen-ware, even a little pipe which i assume would have been used for opium. I'll ask her if she still has it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mindperformer Posted November 15, 2012 thanks bogfrog yes the soapstone- mushstone took months of work The pictures of the huichol yarn picture and the opium pipe would be a nice completion Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mindperformer Posted November 15, 2012 (edited) P. cubensis 'Cambodia' in cast resin, now over 8 years old: Edited November 15, 2012 by mindperformer 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mindperformer Posted November 15, 2012 A cocoa fruit: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theuserformallyknownasd00d Posted November 15, 2012 MP Your a fucking legend Xoxoxo yor friend The D00d 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mindperformer Posted November 15, 2012 thnX thed00dabidies, yeah, ethno- research never ends, the more we know, we know that we know nothing most interesting are the limits of science and the border to the unknown, where it goes spiritual 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Horus Posted November 15, 2012 Not very often I am as impressed as I am over your collection. Very impressive. Here are 3 Ethno containers given to me recently as a gift from Toast. We were celabrating at the time so I am a bit fuzzy on their exact use. Anyhow, I will add them to this great thread as my 2bobs worth. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cornilius maximus Posted November 15, 2012 This is a most impressive display of artifacts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mindperformer Posted November 16, 2012 interesting containers, do you know where they come from? the first looks like a betel- chalk- repository (bone) from Southeast-Asia Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted November 17, 2012 heres the little pipe, its made from a whitish clay, quite light but sturdy this fellow isn't really an ethno artifact, but it was created with the intention representing a shaman under the influence of a sacred brew: Shaman box from purple heartwood (Peltogyne) created by Dave Man, and this isn't really an artifact either, (maybe it will be unearthed in some future civilization, and then it will be) Deer antler pipe, with lophophora skrimshaw created by Dave Man, i will try and get a photo of the string art too but it may take me a week or so as it is in my partners house truck 30mins out of town 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mindperformer Posted November 17, 2012 beautiful, especially the antler pipe with the peyote! is this the O-pipe you found in the chinese hut? most white pipes are made of sepiolith (meerschaum) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mindperformer Posted November 17, 2012 My pipe-collection: from left to right: Nosepipe (selfmade from clay, like the ones from the early americans), Indian pipe from Peruvian Indians with anaconda-skin, root-pipe (selfmade), ironwood-chillum, chillum from Ladakhi- monk, shipibo-pipe, old indian pipe (clay), South American pipe with fur and Rhynchosia pyramidalis- seed in clay, two selfmade sepiolithe-pipes, cobra-chillum, small pure-pipe (selfmade from hemp-wood), small spanish pipe on the top: a selfmade bong out of a bottle Agwa-Coca- liqueur, glass-kawumm, revolver-pipe, sepiolithe-flask (selfmade) downside: telescope-pipe, the chinese O-pipe, acrylic kawumm 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Horus Posted November 17, 2012 Great stuff, keep it coming im sure you have other interesting stuff even if its slightly off topic. I will get Toast to answer your question about the containers he gave me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toast Posted November 18, 2012 Awesome stuff MP, such a great collection! I think how you display the relevant plant material with the artefacts I will get Toast to answer your question about the containers he gave me. I was wondering where that stuff got to colhawk ;) That's right MP, the left is a cow bone betel nut/ lime container from Asia. Middle is a bamboo betel nut/ lime container purchased from SAB. Right is an Asian snuff bottle. Here are some pics of my collection of artefacts: Huichol yarnwork from Koda Another betel nut/ lime container from Asia African shaman's box Kava bowl, cups and empty packets Opium smoker photo, pipe and container Asian snuff bottle Shipibo textile - my favourite, as big as a double bed A few pics of more recent paraphernalia: American Herbal Practioner's Tax Stamp Un-opened tobacco seed packet (front) Un-opened tobacco seed packet (back) Shirt with medicinal weed logo 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Horus Posted November 18, 2012 Wow. I would have stolen your shipibo textile instead if I had of spied it. Thanks for chipping in Toast. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chilli Posted November 18, 2012 So cool! I want to get pretty shamany things now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Khala Posted November 18, 2012 Mindperformer, I'm yet to see a post of yours on this forum which hasn't blown my mind. Please keep it up. You are an incredible and inspirational individual. Far out dude. Keep it real. Love Khala. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mindperformer Posted November 18, 2012 Thanks Khala ;-) @colhawk: *gg* yes, the shipibo-textile is very psychedelic, they make it as plan of psychedelic landscapes for ayahuasca and I heard they even can sing the patterns @toast: you have also a great collection! what fascinated me most is the african shaman's box, ...like pandora's box ;-) was there something inside? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites