Macuilxochitl: five petal flower
$ 21,500.00
Size: 152x240
Weaver: weaver from Taller 8.
Materials and methods: criollo sheep wool hand dyed with high quality colorfast aniline dyes in an exhautive bath. Handwoven on a Zapotec style loom of the 16th century adapted from European styles. Woven using a 7 threads per inch reed and wool rayon blend for warp.
Design, patterns and symbols.
This is a contemporary representation of the quincunce pattern, known is spanish as the five pointed cross, in Nahuatl it is known as Macuilxochitl and in Zapotec as Guieajai, and it represents the unfolding of consciousness into five layers.
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