Bidspirit auction | 4 Guna Shamanic Vitality &

4 Guna Shamanic Vitality & Strengthening Medicines - Four vintage ethnographic botanical specimens from the Guna (Kuna/Cuna) culture of San Blas, Panama, collected mid-20th century.  Used by a healer not only for scraping into baths and drinks, but also under the concept of sympathetic density and wood-energy transference. * ”IGUA-ACUA”, a 5” long piece of tropical ironwood with field-scraping marks. Retains its original tag reading: IGUA-ACUA from Ina Tuledi SAM SMITH of TUPSUIT, Mandinga Cays. Tonic taken for strength & energy. *  ”IGUA-SIMUR” a 3” lump of ironwood, visually similar to an arrowhead. Retains its original tag reading: IGUA-SIMUR from Ina Tuledi FRANCISCO LOMBARDO of PLYON CHICO. For general strength. *  ”(INA) KAIBITE” scraped bark, 7.5” long, collected from an elite religious practitioner. With tag reading: (INA) KAIBITE from I.T. and Kantule JULIAN MORRIS of ACUA TUPU. For general strength. *  ”NAKI” a 4” long hardwood botanical growth/pod with interesting shape.  The original field tag reads: NAKI for general tonic - from I.T. ERWALDO of CARRETO. Provenance: From the collection of Captain Kit S. Kapp (1926–2013), esteemed American explorer, ethnologist, and cartographer. Gathered during his historic maritime and ethnographic expeditions to the San Blas Islands and Darién region of Panama between 1961 and 1972.