Chinchero sits high in the Sacred Valley, where Inca walls hold up colonial churches, and weaving traditions continue uninterrupted.
A place where altitude meets authenticity.
Source: https://orangenationperu.com/
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This fragment, one of several in the collection, is a rare survivor of catastrophic rains that destroyed much of the Moche textile legacy and may have helped to bring about the decline of Moche culture. It depicts a serpent and a snail beneath a hovering raptorial bird—perhaps a snail kite, a type of hawk named after its favored food. The size of the motifs implies that the original textile was large; a mantle (a shawl-like garment) or a hanging are among the possibilities.
December’s Paisley affirmation post celebrating paisley the pattern/design/motif.
This month an interesting survey of paisley images from Shutterstock with commentary.
As always, I ask everyone to keep in mind that, like most human endeavours, the story of paisley is more complex than one might think. Competing claims of origin, ‘ownership’, colonialism, adaptation, integration and reinterpretation all seem to be there.
https://www.shutterstock.com/blog/paisley-pattern-trends-history
#paisley #motif #pattern #design #TextileHeritage #PaisleyMotif #PaisleyPattern #PaisleyDesign #FabricArt #TextileDesign
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