Kambo Sticks

Our Kambo sticks have a thick layer of venom on both sides of a paddle shaped stick, or thicker coverage of single sided stick.This should be enough for at least 100 dots. Burnsticks are included.

Current sticks are fresh from Q4 2018, collected during wet season and come from the Matses or Ticuna. (Product pic is old Ticuna style)

About the Matses

The Matsés, also known as the Mayoruna, inhabit the frontier region between Brazil and Peru. Their communities are located along the Javari river basin in the far west of Brazilian Amazonia. In Brazil, they live in the Vale do Javari Indigenous Territory (IT) along with other peoples from the Pano and Katukina language families. Wars undertaken by the Matsés in the past century and the resulting incorporation of captives from other indigenous groups meant they became the largest of the northern Pano peoples.

Skilled hunters, the Matsés trek across large areas during hunting and fishing expeditions and use their knowledge of the forest paths not only to defend their territory but also to manage resources. By alternating their hunting, fishing and swidden sites, the Matsés avoid exhausting the soils and animal populations, despite maintaining relatively fixed communities on the river shores, and simultaneously ensure the occupation and surveillance of their lands.