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This design refers to rose flowers.

This design signifies furrows or a hole.

Design signifies a field or furrows. A furrow is a trench created by using a plow. Creating a furrow prepares the ground for planting or irrigating.

This design symbolizes a fish, a valuable food source.

Sometimes called pebble weave. It is also used for weaving belts and straps, but it can also be incorporated as a pattern stripe in a wider fabric.

Q’ero motifs store temporal ideas not only about daily time (tracing the movement of the sun and moon), but also annual time (indicating seasons), and beyond.

Lliclla means shawl or blanket (manta). It is a square shape formed by sewing two long strips together.

This is a kind of women’s jacket made from plain weave wool fabric. The jacket is adorned with beads, buttons, embroidery, and ribbons (Callañaupa Alvarez 2015). According to Vidal de Milla (2000), in the Cusco region these textiles traditionally…

This woven belt or strap is typically worn by women, although men may employ it to hold their pants up.

This design illustrates the idea of furrows. A furrow is a trench created by using a plow. Creating a furrow prepares the ground for planting or irrigating.