Shipibo Manta – Bobinsana

Shipibo Manta with Bobinsana – Heart-opening plant medicine in embroidery form

This hand-embroidered Shipibo Manta (Tela) features the delicate but powerful Bobinsana plant (Calliandra angustifolia), lovingly depicted at the center of the design. The manta was crafted by a Shipibo family in Pucallpa and bears the energetic signature of this heart-opening master plant.

Spiritual Meaning of Bobinsana

Bobinsana is one of the most important plants in Amazonian plant knowledge – especially in the tradition of the Shipibo-Konibo. It is considered a plant of the heart that promotes emotional healing, compassion, gentleness, and openness. In plant medicine, Bobinsana is often taken as a dieta plant to release emotional blockages, strengthen the heart, and create a deeper connection to one’s essence as well as the spiritual world.

Bobinsana is considered a female plant spirit with a loving, healing energy. In the Cosmovision of Shipibo, it brings clarity, comfort, and access to the inner voice.

The circular arrangement and the surrounding kené pattern in this manta enhance the effect: they create a protected space for healing, heart opening and subtle connection.

Details

• Hand-embroidered Shipibo Manta with Bobinsana plant motif

• Symbol of heart opening, emotional healing and gentleness

• Crafted by a Shipibo family in Pucallpa, Peru

• Ideal as an altar cloth, ceremonies, meditation or as a mural

• Unique piece with intense colours and fine workmanship

• Size: 38 x 38 cm