Q’ero Mesa Mastana bag 20 cm diameter

20 cm diameter

This fabric has symbols of the god Inka Pachacuteq

length 45 cm

The cotton fabric is dyed with a special type of natural clay which gives a soft brown or black color and then carefully embroidered with the complex designs that shows the richness of their culture and life in the peruvian amazon basin

Q’ero Mesa Mastana bag 20 cm diameterThis handmade textile is made by the Qeros from Hatun Q'eros, a quechua community in the remote mountain areas of the Cusco region. As descendants of the Incas their weaving tradition goes thousands of years back. The Qeros are part of a nature religion where they respect and honor mother earth and the mountain spirits they call apus and the mastana is traditionally used in ceremonies as a cloth on which offerings to Pachamama and the apus are being