Huaco Silbador-Peruvian Whistling Vessel - Partridge Despacho Cloths Choice of sizes

Choice of sizes

bones and tissue

Lined drawstring bags are made of repurposed vintage hand woven textiles from the villages of the Sacred Valley in Cusco

citrine and chrysoprase

Beeswax is naturally aromatic

Huaco Silbador-Peruvian Whistling Vessel - Partridge Despacho Cloths Choice of sizesThis chambered hollow clay replica of a pre Columbian whistling vessel bears the likeness of a partridge. Sculpted by ethnomusicologist Jose Vitancio Humeres of Peru, it is a replica of an original design. "I think the sounds these instruments make were to create positive energy," says Vitancio Humeres. Constructed of two chambers, as well as a system of air ducts and aqueducts, the vessel is filled partially with water, and when held and tipped,