Andean Cloths

Bring the magic of the Andes to your holiday mantel! Handwoven from a soft alpaca wool blend and colored using all-natural dyes, this stocking is both sustainable and stunning. It is finished at the top with a Chinceros-style edging, which celebrates centuries of Andean weaving artistry. 

Perfect for stuffing with little treasures, this stocking is a holiday heirloom in the making. Made from Vintage Mestana cloths upcycled to create these one-of-a-kind stockings. 

This sturdy mestana cloth is hand woven and features traditional Chincheros motifs in its bands. The designs are woven to produce an image with positive color and weave effect on one side and opposite color and weave effect of the same image on the reverse, making it beautiful on both sides. Makes a fitting mestana or altar cloth.

Edges are finished with the distinctive nawi awapa edging or eye border, which is believed to have special protective qualities. To the Inca, this eye represents a place of generation, like a seed in a furrow or a sprout on a potato. From the Chincheros of the high Andes mountains of Peru.

This simple despacho cloth is hand woven and features traditional Chincheros motifs in its side bands. Reversible. The designs are woven to produce an image with positive color and weave effect on one side and opposite color and weave effect of the same image on the reverse. The edges are trimmed with a traditional finishing method and design and the corners are trimmed with yarn fringe tassels. Handwoven by the Chincheros of Peru.

This simple despacho cloth is hand woven with natural fibers and features traditional Chincheros motifs in its bands. Reversible. The designs are woven to produce an image with positive color and weave effect on one side and opposite color and weave effect of the same image on the reverse. Tasseled on each of the four conrners with sewn on decorative edging on two sides. Use for wrapping your despacho offering and taking it to its offering place. From the Chincheros of the high Andes mountains of Peru.

Q'ero traditional mestana cloth featuring the cultural hero of the Inkas, Inkarri. The designs are woven to produce an image with positive color and weave effect on one side and opposite color and weave effect of the same image on the reverse, making it beautiful on both sides. The broad black stripes represent life-giving Pachamama and the two sides of the cloth are joined in the middle with alpaca stitched to represent the mayu or River of the Sky or Milky Way. Finished with the traditional "eye" stitch, which is said to have protective qualities.

Hand woven by Q'ero women living in the high Peruvian Andes. Perfect as a mesa cloth for carrying your sacred stones or as a ground cloth for your personal altar mesa space.

Q'ero traditional mestana cloth featuring the cultural hero of the Inkas, Inkarri. The designs are woven to produce an image with positive color and weave effect on one side and opposite color and weave effect of the same image on the reverse, making it beautiful on both sides. The broad black stripes represent life-giving Pachamama and the two sides of the cloth are joined in the middle with alpaca stitched to represent the mayu or River of the Sky or Milky Way. 

Hand woven by Q'ero women living in the high Peruvian Andes. Perfect as a mesa cloth for carrying your sacred stones or as a ground cloth for your personal altar mesa space.

Imbue your mesa or sacred altar cloth with the duality of spirit. Our colorful hand-woven mestana cloth features the Inkarri motif: Inkarri, cultural hero and founder of the Inkas. The broad black stripes represent life-giving Pachamama and the two sides of the cloth are joined in the middle with alpaca stitched to represent the mayu, or River of the Sky or Milky Way. Finished with a traditional "eye" stitch, which is said to have protective qualities. 

Woven by Q'ero women in the high Andes, this weaving makes a perfect ground cloth for your sacred altar or mesa bundle. 

Our beautifully, hand-woven Q'ero mestana features a traditional 'Chili' design, named for a red flower that grows in the Andean jungle. And the rayed diamond motif of 'Inti' or the rising and setting sun.  The broad black stripes represent life-giving Pachamama and the two sides of the cloth are joined in the middle with alpaca stitched to represent the mayu or River of the Sky or Milky Way. Finished with the traditional "eye stitch" which is said to have protective qualities. Beautiful on both sides!

Woven by the Q'ero women of the high Peruvian Andes, this weaving makes a perfect mesa cloth or ground cloth for your sacred space.

This large mestana cloth is hand woven with added colorful embroidery. It features traditional Peruvian Andean motifs in its vertical bands.  Makes a fitting cloth for your personal or group altar. All four edges are finished with an ornate "eye" edging said to protect from evil. From the women weavers in the high Andes mountains of Peru.

Vintage traditional mestana cloth with minor flaws, as seen in photos, less than one inch tears that can be easily mended. Bright thread represents the diamond rayed Inti design in alternating light and dark colors depicting the morning and evening sun. Touches of color bordering the central pattern, call to the mountain spirits or Apus. The wide black stripes represent life giving Pachamama and the alternating red shaded stripes represent balance of all things. Woven of alpaca and sheep wool, this cloth will hold your sacred mesa stones or display on your altar. From private collection.

Hand woven by the Q'ero of Peru.

This simple despacho cloth is hand woven with natural fibers and features traditional Chincheros motifs in its bands. Reversible. The designs are woven to produce an image with positive color and weave effect on one side and opposite color and weave effect of the same image on the reverse. Tasseled on each of the four conrners with sewn on decorative edging on two sides. Use for wrapping your despacho offering and taking it to its offering place. From the Chincheros of the high Andes mountains of Peru.

Bring the magic of the Andes to your holiday mantel! Handwoven from a soft alpaca wool blend and colored using all-natural dyes, this stocking is both sustainable and stunning. It is finished at the top with a Chinceros-style edging, which celebrates centuries of Andean weaving artistry. 

Perfect for stuffing with little treasures, this stocking is a holiday heirloom in the making. Made from Vintage Mestana cloths upcycled to create these one-of-a-kind stockings. 

Stocking measures: 10.5" L x 7" W with a 2" loop for hanging. 

Like the despacho cloth, the Q'ero use these plain-woven pieces to carry goods and food. Q'ero carrying clothes are woven in subtle, natural shades in a half design. Each one has a very fine drape and is woven from soft wool, likely alpaca or an alpaca blend.

Use it as your mesa cloth or for your personal sacred space, or as an overlay on your altar. These cloths may appear gently used as seen in photos. Woven in the high Andes of Peru.

Colorful despacho cloth woven with fibers in bold stripes of bright colors and wider stripes of natural earth tones. Handwoven by skilled artisans using traditional techniques passed down through generations. It is made from high-quality alpaca wool, which is soft, durable, and hypoallergenic. The cloth is adorned with intricate patterns and symbols that have deep cultural significance and represent the natural world and the forces of the universe.

Sewn with vibrant colorful corner tassels and perfectly woven edges. Bright colors will vary.

Handwoven by the native Q'ero women of Peru.

Simple despacho cloth is woven with fibers in colorful rainbow shades and features a Condor and Anaconda pattern in its center band. Crafted with colorful corner yarn tassels and bound edging on two sides.

Due to handmade nature colors may vary from photo.  Made by the native Q'ero women of Peru.