OLD Kuna NUCHU (UCHU) Medicine Doll, Carved from Powerful Pallawalla Tree, Mola

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OLD Kuna NUCHU (UCHU) Medicine Doll, Carved from Powerful Pallawalla Tree, Mola:
$85.00

OLD Kuna NUCHU (UCHU) Medicine Doll, carved from powerful Pallawalla Tree. Notice the gauges where wood was knifed from the \"nuchu,\" these pieces of splinter wood would be placed in water and the patient bathed with the healing water. This Nuchu was made by a medicine men, Inatuledi, and was used numerable times in healing rituals, and for capturing a benevolent spirit (bad spirit causing the illness.) The Inatuledi,(shaman medicine man) will carve the Nuchu from sacred trees and will sing, infusing the Nuchu with a tutelary spirit, a \"purba\" soul. Nuchus are good, used for healing,to watch over the owner. This nuchu was from my own personal collection and was collected by myself in the 1970\'s on one of our many collecting expeditions (Grissom/Heffron Collecting Expeditions), from the village of Mulatuppu, Kuna-Yala. In excellent condition. Please email me with any questions, thank you, Prudence
This \"Nuchu\"or\"Uchu\" major characteristic is that it has this great organic form, with the carver carving the wood in its natural shape, giving credence that the wood gives \"life\" spirit to the nuchu and thus were its power comes from. It is 11 in. in height. This Nuchu was made by a medicine men, Inatuledi, and was used numerable times in healing rituals, and for capturing a benevolent spirit (bad spirit causing the illness.) The Inatuledi,(shaman medicine man) will carve the Nuchu from sacred trees and will sing, infusing the Nuchu with a tutelary spirit, a \"purba\" soul. Nuchus are good, used for healing,to watch over the owner.
This Nuchu was made by a medicine men, Inatuledi, and was used numerable times in healing rituals. Used in capturing a benevolent spirit (bad spirit causing the illness) by the medicine man. The medicine man, is summoned in the healing process, for communicating with the spirits and for soul retrieval, restoring the balance of health to the ill individual. The Inatuledi,(shaman medicine man) will carve the Nuchu from sacred trees and will sing, infusing the Nuchu with a tutelary spirit, a \"purba\" soul.This particular Nuchu, medicine doll has a beautiful patina from decades of wear and being held. Nuchus are good, used for healing, and to watch over the owner. Every Nuchu is unique, most are used over and over and kept for generations. Nuchus or uchus are a vehicle by which the Kuna people connect to theirspiritualworld.
This authentic Nuchu, is in excellent condition, and is an artifact of the finest museumquality and from my own personal collection. The rarity of the piece makes it priceless in regards to setting a value. I have just begun to sell a few that I had kept for many years,previouslyI had not sold any since the late 1990\'s.PLEASE email me with any questions, I\'m always happy to hear from you!
In the photos you will see pages from the book and museum exhibit \"The Art of Being Kuna\" curator Mari Lynn Salvador. All of the Nuchus shown and that were in the exhibit, were collected by myself in the years 1980-1992, and were purchased from me for the themuseum from abenefactor\'s gift for the exhibit, \"The Art of Being Kuna.\"
PLEASE LOOK AT THE PHOTOS AS THEY SAY MUCH MORE THAN MY WORDS EVER COULD SAY! AND PLEASE email me, I\'m more than happy to answer you! I could say much more about Nuchus, but because of the format have kept it brief, again, please email me if you have any questions. Thank you! Prudence ~LUCKYTREEHOUSE