Vibrant Chuspa Multi-colored Medicine Bag

$50.00

In stock

This vibrant coca bag utilizes beautiful contrasting colors of red, blue, yellow, orange, purple and pink. It is decorated with Q’ocha symbols in a traditional Q’ero style, and is embellished with fringe at the opening and poms at the bottom. Ruth Quispe Apasa created this  medicine bag. She wove the bag outside her stone house in her village of Quico under the watchful care of the Apus.  10″ tall x 10″ wide plus poms.  26 x 27 cm. A photo of Ruth’s daughter holding your textile in Quico is included.
Watch the Journey of your textile.  Tribal Store: Supporting Q’ero Culture
Learn how your purchase helps the Q’ero people: Q’ero Life in the Andes: A Partnership.
To learn more about Q’ero weaving and watch them spin and weave, watch this brief video: Weaving in the Q’ero Nation.