$175.00
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Agostina Apaza Quispe wove this soft, complex mesa cloth from natural alpaca yarns she spun in her home community of Quico. Four complex rows of Saqas Tika, also referred to as the chili motif, represent furrows, fields, and flowering plants. The two panels represent the male-female duality, stitched and bound together as two complementary halves of the whole. All aspects of every Q’ero textile are visual poetry that express the Q’ero people’s intimate relationship with the earth, Pachamama, the Apus, and all aspects of the natural and spiritual world. 29.5 x 27 inches. 75 x 68.5 cm.
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.
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Creating yarns for weaving takes many weeks. The hair is cut from the alpaca, washed, then pulled into soft clumps. Men and women spin the fiber into fine yarns using a simple drop spindle. Many people spin while hiking across the mountains...