My first artifact is a handmade pink evil-eye bracelet, from Mexico. Evil eye bracelets are important to many cultures. There are many different meanings behind a bracelet. This artifact, specifically, has a meaning of power, and protection, and is a global symbol of strength. It is said to offer protection from all negative energies and the evil eye. There are many different colors, an evil eye bracelet can have, like orange, dark blue, light blue, dark green, and many more. An orange evil eye means happiness and protection, dark blue means karma and fate protection, light blue means general protection, and dark green means garners happiness. And those colors even have more meaning and purpose. This kind of artifact can have many ancestral…show more content… It is designed out of lava rock and often through the process of nature. It grinds spices and salsas; it is the landscape of traditional knowledge from generations of Mexican ancestors. This item embodies culinary and cultural reality. It honors the connection between people and the land; it demonstrates the harmony of what grows by itself in the natural environment. Decorating our kitchens with the molcajete is a way of prioritizing the past as we rekindle memories of old ways. Most importantly, the molcajete is an item that fosters culinary and cultural understanding as well as solidarity with other cultures and their relationship with the land. It represents the common knowledge of regional cuisine that has been passed from one generation to the next. The use of molcajete is a form of knowledge that only the skillful can manage to perform, as it is knowledge that has been preserved for centuries. Preparing ingredients in this way promotes the exchange of information and ensures the tradition's continuity. The molcajete remains in daily use and is appreciated as a tool that still exhibits the interrelation between knowledge and
