Chulucanas pottery is made in a small village located on the side of Mt. Vicus, in Northern Peru. The Vicus Indians inhabited this mountain up until about 400 BC.  For them making pottery was not simply forming clay into a desired shape, It was considered a way to communicate with the secrets of the earth and a way to give praise to the creative Gods of the Universe. In the late 1960's, a tomb of a Vicus nobleman was discovered at the base of the mountain. Under the supervision of the Peruvian government, a small group of young ceramists, all of who were descendants of the Vicus, formed a village near the tomb site. The 17 members of this new village founded the organization "Sanoc Camayoc," and they named their new village Chulucanas. It is the belief of the potters that in making vases and figurines they are giving an offering to the ancient Gods. They say that the earth has been good to them and it is only right that they give back to the earth through creating what they call, "Mud Jewels." We know their work as Chulucana Pottery.