TINKUY PERU - Peruvian Alpaca Wool - Handmade Inca Textile Table Runner White & Blue 82¨ x 13.5¨ in

Description

This colorful Table Runner, is designed and handmade by our artisans in the high Andes of Peru. Our team weaves in a traditional Andean loom with beautiful colors that denotes the joy and variety of plants and vegetables that abound in our country, since the Alpaca wool used for its preparation has been dyed only with natural dyes obtained from our vegetation. Alpaca wool Handmade in Peru Region of production: Cuzco - Peru Colors: White & Blue Made with natural fibers and dye Dry cleaning or hand wash in cold water recommended Peruvian Inca Textil Art Textile art is the most important art in Peru. It appears in the Peruvian Andes about 2,000 BC, when the old settlers achieved the domestication of llamas and alpacas; with this the manufacture of textiles was faster and continuous. The main cultures like Paracas, Moche, Wari and others were perfecting it through thousands of years. The most used designs were geometric and animal representations, especially with repeated patterns on the surface of the fabric. For the Incas, finely worked and highly decorative textiles came to symbolize wealth and status. The colors were obtained naturally from herbs and grains.Currently, ancestral techniques are still alive and are part of the tradition in the Andean communities.