Andean Q'ero Textiles Handwoven Aguayo store Mesa Cloth

Beautiful Q'ero Mesa Quepe - Mesa cloth, Handwoven in the Q'ero Community.

This mesa cloth called mesa quepe or mastana is used by Shamans as a tool for a ceremony called despacho, pago a la Pachamama ( Ceremony in honor of the Mother Earth). The mesa quepe is essential because all the items are set on it and to wrap the medicine stones and sacred tools to keep the energy. This Cloth was woven in one of the Q'ero Nations close to the town of Ocongate - Cusco. This mastana has geometrical designs, these geometrical designs are energy symbols that will embody the energy from the khuyas (Khuyas carry energy from the Apus). The designs are reversible. These manta cloths are hand-woven and can take many weeks to complete. These textiles are used traditionally as altar store cloths for one's "mesa" (or shamanic altar) or as a surface for doing coca leaf divination. However, they are also very lovely and unique for use in home decor, table coverings, etc.

PACHAMAMA.- Pachamama ( Mother Earth) in Quechua is the central - surrounding motif of the Andean path. The religion of the Andean communities is very much an earth-centered religion. Pachamama is believed to be a vastly intelligent, self-aware being who is both infinitely wise and infinitely compassionate. Andeans in general, and paq'os in particular, pray to her regularly.

DESPACHO - HAYWARISQ'A.- Is the Quechua word for the offering. A despacho is an act of love and a reminder of the connections we share with all beings, elements, spirits, and sacred places. It is an opportunity to enter into the essential unity of all things. A despacho is created during a celebratory ceremony, in the cosmology of the Andes.

SIZE: 26 x 26 inches
MATERIAL: Alpaca and llama wool
CULTURE: Quechua

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