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Black Tribute Tapestry

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Black Tribute Tapestry

$ 7,669.00 MXN
$ 7,669.00 MXN
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Chenalho, Chiapas

Black natural wool canvas to decorate walls, it has been woven on a waist loom by artisans from the town of Belisario Dominguez in Chenalhó, Chiapas. In this tapestry, the warp and weft are made of hand-spun lamb's wool that is later mounted along the loom, a bath of atole is added to give flexibility and resistance to the threads when weaving the weft. This process can only be carried out in natural sunlight. The artisans add the unspun sheep's hair on their loom, generating the designs or patterns in vertical lines. When the canvas is finished, the wool is "felted" to finish the canvas and it is dyed in large rusty drums with mud that has a high iron content and "chacté", a plant that, combined with iron, undergoes a chemical reaction and reaches that pitch black

Care: Shaking and dusting is suggested. You can take it to the dry cleaner and have it dry cleaned

Technique: Backstrap loom
Measurements : Length: 140 cm, width: 70 cm
Colors : Black
Materials : Black natural wool
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ABOUT THE PARTNER ORGANIZATION

Aid to Artisans - Creative Learning Inc.

Aid to Artisans is a non-profit organization founded in 1976 with the goal of creating economic opportunities for groups of artisans around the world. In 2012 he joined Creative Learning, a non-profit organization that focuses on the protection of human rights and social and economic development, seeking to generate long-term social impact through its four branches.


In 2012 Aid to Artisans Mexico began its work seeing the need to have a local team and we currently work with artisans from Chiapas and the Yucatan Peninsula creating economic opportunities in economically vulnerable locations and/or where the housing situation and quality of life are at risk. risk.