Kuripe – Carved Wooden Rapé Applicator

Mood: Steady, Present
Best For: First kuripe, personal practice, gift

Type: Kuripe, self-applicator
Material: Wood, with an engraved animal head and beads
Made: By hand

A wooden kuripe with a carved animal head, made to be held often and kept for years.

Carved Wooden Kuripe

A kuripe for self-application of rapé, carved by hand from light wood. An animal head is engraved into the body, and the base is decorated with carved details and beads on a cord. Each piece is a little different, so yours will be one of a kind.

It is a good first kuripe if you are just starting to work with rapé, and a good gift for a friend who already does. Small enough for a pocket or a ceremony bag.

Kuripe or Tepi?

Traditionally, rapé is given with one of two tools. The kuripe is for self-application: its V shape connects your mouth with your nostril, so you blow the rapé yourself. The tepi is a long pipe through which another person, usually the one holding the ceremony, blows the rapé for you.

How to Use a Kuripe

Put a small amount of rapé, about the size of a pea, into the end that goes to the nose. Place the other end in the corner of your mouth and the rapé end gently into one nostril. Breathe in, hold, and give one short, firm blow. Repeat on the other side with the same amount. Then sit still, breathe slowly through the mouth and let the medicine work.

Care: keep it dry and clean it after each use by tapping it out and passing a thin brush or a pipe cleaner through the channel.

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