Carrying on the crafting traditions passed down from his mother and the spiritual wisdom of his ancestors, Alex Mermao creates these cheerful, macaw-themed mini maracas, which produce the sound of the Peruvian rainforest. From his home situated along the Amazon river, Alex crafts these maracas from dried and carved calabash gourds, with chonta wood handles and faux feathers. The pair of maracas is fashioned after those used for the traditional ayahuasca ceremony, in which a shaman shakes the small instruments while singing magical songs, known as ikaros.

• Calabash gourd, chonta wood, artificial feathers
• 0.12 lbs
• Each: 9 inches H x 2.4 inches W x 2.4 inches D