Scroll down to see our current inventory of mestanas from the Q'ero and other regions of the Andes in Peru. The cloths in this column are sized for mesas or holding your medicine bundle $95.00 plus $6.00 shipping mestana or mesa cloth black and red new or like new condition, no sign of wear SKU # PM450825 Click image for larger view. Pay SKU # PM450825 via PayPal.....click here 14 x 36 inch runner SKU# C200821 $49.00 plus $7.00 shipping Fine original work with Andean symbols. Click image for larger view. Pay for SKU# C200821 via PayPal ..... click here 15 x 61 inch runner SKU# C450821 $89.00 plus $8.00 shipping Gentle colors, high thread count detail. Click image for larger view. Pay for SKU# C450821 via PayPal ..... click here 24 x 34 inch mestana SKU# CP950927 $179.00 plus $8.00 shipping Closely woven. Lovely subtle natural colors. Click image for larger view. Pay for SKU# CP950927 via PayPal ..... click here ![]() 13 x 40 inch runner SKU# C300821 $79.00 plus $6.00 shipping Closely woven. Lovely subtle natural colors. Click image for larger view. Pay for SKU# C300821 via PayPal ..... click here ![]() 28 x 28 inch mestana SKU# N70098 $179.00 plus $8.00 shipping Closely woven. Lovely subtle natural colors. Click image for larger view. Pay for SKU# N70098 via PayPal ..... click here ![]() 24 x 23 inch mesa cloth SKU# P400817 $179.00 plus $8.00 shipping Closely woven. Lovely subtle natural colors. Click image for larger view. Pay for SKU#P400817 via PayPal ..... click here ![]() Lliklla is the Quechua term for a mesa cloth. A specific cloth that holds sacred objects. Q'ero textiles. The ceremonial cloths of the Q'ero people are distinctive and quickly recognized. Red, black, and white tend to predominate. The patterns are variations on diamonds, which are usually said to represent the sun, inti. We don't pretend to be able to "read" one of these amazing cloths, but here is a little of what the shapes are said to represent. One theme is that the cloth may be about place.
| In this column the cloths are bigger. These larger cloths are perfect for ceremony, despacho or display _____________________________________________________________ $195.00 plus $8.00 shipping Lovely, soft, finely made ceremonial/despacho cloth navy and red colors, lovely fine patterns very good condition, slight signs of wear SKU# P850816 Click image for larger view. Pay for SKU# P850816 via PayPal .... click here 29 in x 33 inch SKU# P800927 $195.00 plus $8.00 shipping Remarkable cloth featuring a range of earth colors. Click image for larger view. Pay for SKU# P800927 via PayPal .... click here 32 in x 30 inch despacho cloth SKU#P1200819 $185.00 plus $8.00 shipping Soft blues and reds. Click image for larger view. Pay for SKU# P1200819 via PayPal ..... click here 32 in x 30 inch despacho cloth SKU# X1155 $135.00 plus $8.00 shipping This antique cloth has probably held many despachos. It has a worn place. See detail. Click image for larger view. Pay for SKU# X1155via PayPal ..... click here ![]() Small looms and hand looms are often set up in the field, so that time spent with the grazing animals has a double use. These are hand made on small looms without the use of foot pedals and harnesses. Other pieces may be worked in the home, and intricate patterns are worked by lifting each thread separately. Finely-woven items may take a week or two per running foot. Sheering, dyeing, carding and spinning the wool are also by-hand operations. |






