Textiles

Two Q'ero traditional supplementary-warp woven patterns are combined in this mestana cloth: Qocha, lake, in the center, and rising and setting sun, Inti, along the sides. We like to call it our Fire and Water mestana.  Hand woven by Q'ero women living in the high Peruvian Andes.

Colorful Ocongate-style mestana bound on all four sides with contrasting color edge with pattern. Some diamond designs are filled with the t'ika or flower motif.  Hand made in Peru.

Colorful Ocongate-style mestana bound on all four sides with contrasting color edge with pattern. Some diamond designs are filled with the t'ika or flower motif.  Hand made in Peru.

Colorful Ocongate-style mestana bound on all four sides with contrasting color edge with pattern. Some diamond designs are filled with the t'ika or flower motif.  Hand made in Peru.

This simple despacho cloth is woven with fibers in colorful rainbow shades and features a traditional t'ika (flower) pattern, representing protection, in its center band. Sewn with corner tassels on each corner and a bound edging on two sides.  Handwoven by the native Q'ero of Peru.

This simple despacho cloth is woven with fibers in colorful rainbow shades and features a traditional t'ika (flower) pattern, representing protection, in its center band. Sewn with corner tassels on each corner and a bound edging on two sides.  Handwoven by the native Q'ero of Peru.

This simple despacho cloth is woven with fibers in colorful rainbow shades and features a traditional t'ika (flower) pattern, representing protection, in its center band. Sewn with corner tassels on each corner and a bound edging on two sides.  Handwoven by the native Q'ero of Peru.

This simple despacho cloth is woven with fibers in colorful rainbow shades and features a traditional t'ika (flower) pattern, representing protection, in its center band. Sewn with corner tassels on each corner and a bound edging on two sides.  Handwoven by the native Q'ero of Peru.