Andean Cloths

Tightly woven mestana cloth depicts worked into its decorative bands, Inkarri, cultural hero and founder of the Inkas, in his human incarnation or his gradual regenerating forms. The colors convey warmth with all-natural earth tones. This alpaca weaving has an extra soft feel.Finished with the protective "eye" border in orange, black, and white colors.

Intricately handwoven by Q'ero women in Peru, this weaving makes a perfect background cloth for your personal altar or mesa.

Handwoven in the High Andes of Peru.

Tightly woven mestana cloth depicts worked into its decorative bands, Inkarri, cultural hero and founder of the Inkas, in his human incarnation or his gradual regenerating forms. The colors convey vibrancy with black and magenta. Finished with the protective "eye" border.

The designs are woven to produce an image with positive color and weave effect on one side and opposite color and weave effect of the same image on the reverse, making it beautiful on both sides. Handwoven in the High Andes of Peru.

Tightly woven mestana cloth depicts worked into its decorative bands, Inkarri, cultural hero and founder of the Inkas, in his human incarnation or his gradual regenerating forms. The alternating inner sections feature the diamond rayed Inti design in alternating light and dark colors, depicting the morning and evening sun. 

Intricately handwoven by Q'ero women in Peru, this weaving makes a perfect background cloth for your personal altar or mesa.

Handwoven in the High Andes of Peru.

Q'ero traditional mestana cloth featuring the cultural hero of the Inkas, Inkarri and people wearing hats. The designs are woven to produce an image with positive color and weave effect on one side and opposite color and weave effect of the same image on the reverse, making it beautiful on both sides. Finished with stitched "eye" border said to have protective qualities.

Hand woven by Q'ero women living in the high Peruvian Andes. Perfect as a mesa cloth for carrying your sacred stones or as a ground cloth for your personal altar mesa space.

Naturally dyed traditional mestana cloth with motifs representing the diamond-rayed Inti design in alternating light and dark colors depicting the morning and evening sun. Touches of color bordering the central pattern, call to the mountain spirits or Apus. The wide brown stripes represent life-giving Pachamama. 

Woven of alpaca and sheep wool, this cloth will hold your sacred mesa stones or display on your altar. Handwoven by the Q'ero of Peru.

​Traditional mestana cloth with earth tones represents the diamond-rayed Inti design in alternating light and dark colors depicting the morning and evening sun. Touches of color bordering the central pattern, call to the mountain spirits or Apus. The wide brown stripes represent life-giving Pachamama and the two sides of the cloth are joined in the middle with alpaca stitched to represent the Mayu River of the Sky or Milky Way.

Sturdy, perfect for use in your mesa or for your personal altar. Woven by the Q'ero women of the high Peruvian Andes.

Imbue your mesa or sacred altar cloth with the duality of spirit. This vibrant tightly woven mestana cloth features the traditional symbol of the sun; as well as the traditional chili design, named for a red flower that grows in the Andean jungle. Touches of color bordering the central pattern, call to the mountain spirits or Apus. The wide black stripes represent life-giving Pachamama. Finished with the traditional "eye" stitch which is said to have protection qualites.

Woven by Q'ero women in the high Andes, this weaving makes a perfect ground cloth for your sacred altar or mesa bundle.

Bright traditional mestana cloth with motifs representing the Q'ocha design, representing the lakes and mountain lagoons of the Andes. The center panels feature the traditional Chili design, named for a red flower that grows in the Andean jungle  Touches of color bordering the central pattern, call to the mountain spirits or Apus. The wide black stripes represent life giving Pachamama. Finished with "eye" edges which is said to have protective qualities. 

Woven of alpaca and sheep wool, this cloth will hold your sacred mesa stones or display on your altar. Hand woven by the Q'ero of Peru.

Q’ero mestana cloth woven with the traditional Q’ero motifs in hand-spun fiber depicting the rayed diamond motif of Inti or the rising and setting sun. The two sides of the cloth are joined in the middle with alpaca stitched to represent the mayu or River of the Sky or Milky Way, the wide black solid stripe is Pachamama (Mother Earth). Finished with the yellow border

Measures: 27" x 26.5"

Hand-woven by Q'ero women living in the high Peruvian Andes, this weaving is perfect as a mesa cloth for your altar. Brightly colored border with "eye" detail.

This mestana is hand woven of colorful yarns and features hand applied rainbow binding on all four edges with a diamond pattern design in the central bands and parallelograms representing the flow of water. These are divided in half to suggest balance. This piece makes a perfect grounding cloth for your personal altar.

This large mestana cloth is hand woven with added colorful embroidery. It features traditional Peruvian Andean motifs in its vertical bands.  Makes a fitting cloth for your personal or group altar. All four edges are finished with a simple sewn on edging. From the women weavers in the high Andes mountains of Peru.

Please note: This mestana has a slight stain on the green edge (see photo). 

Discounted/2nds: This despacho cloth has loose stitching and cross-section stitches were missed over the condor. Still a beautiful and functional despacho. 

Simple despacho cloth is woven with fibers in colorful rainbow shades and features a Condor pattern in its center band. Crafted with colorful corner yarn tassels and bound edging on two sides. Made by the native Q'ero women of Peru.

This sturdy mestana cloth is hand woven and features traditional Chincheros motifs in its bands. The designs are woven to produce an image with positive color and weave effect on one side and opposite color and weave effect of the same image on the reverse, making it beautiful on both sides. Makes a fitting mestana or altar cloth. Edges are finished with the distinctive nawi awapa edging or eye border, which is believed to have special protective qualities. To the Inca, this eye represents a place of generation, like a seed in a furrow or a sprout on a potato. From the Chincheros of the high Andes mountains of Peru.

This large mestana cloth is hand woven with added colorful embroidery. It features traditional Peruvian Andean motifs in its vertical bands.  Makes a fitting cloth for your personal or group altar. All four edges are finished with a simple sewn on edging. From the women weavers in the high Andes mountains of Peru.

Simple despacho cloth is woven with fibers in colorful rainbow shades and features a Condor pattern in its center band. Crafted with colorful corner yarn tassels and bound edging on two sides. Made by the native Q'ero women of Peru.

This simple despacho cloth is woven with wool yarn dyed using natural shades and features a traditional geometric diamond and tika flower pattern in its center band. Crafted with yarn tassels applied to each corner and a bound edging on two sides. Cloths like these are used to carry offerings to Pachamama to the burial or burning place. Gently used, this cloth shows some stretching. Some corner tassels are missing. Hand loomed by the Q'ero of Peru.