Chumbes and sashes Sash or chumbe
A sash woven on the guanga carrying the symbolism of the Pastos people, figure by figure.
- Materials:
- Dyed wool yarn, Cotton yarn
- Technique:
- Guanga weaving with double-faced figures.
Suggested value
$ 140,000 COP
A warming garment woven on the guanga over a warp mounted in full before the first pass is made. The borders are worked out from the start, so the symbolism of the Pastos people is woven into the garment rather than laid over it.
Garments
Ruana woven on the guanga
A warming garment woven on the guanga, the association’s main technique, with our own symbolism along the borders.
Suggested value Made to order
$ 380,000 COP
The price goes directly to the women weavers of the Mueses reservation.
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- Materials
- Hand-spun wool yarn, Cotton yarn for the warp
- Technique
- Guanga weaving, warped and finished by hand.
- Measurements
- 135 cm × 165 cm
- Time to make
- 3 to 4 weeks
Variants
- Raw wool
- Earth tones
Cultural meaning and context
The story of the weaving
“It is the garment that occupies the loom the longest: while a ruana is mounted, the guanga cannot be used for anything else.”
The ruana accompanies daily life in the territory and carries the symbolism of our own people, read along the borders of the garment.
Other weavings from the workshop
- Chumbes and sashes
- Bags and mochilas
Handwoven mochila
A mochila bag made by hand, with a guanga-woven strap and a body worked in agujeta.
- Materials:
- Wool yarn, Guanga-woven strap
- Technique:
- Agujeta weaving with a guanga strap.
Suggested value
$ 160,000 COP
- Ceremonial
Woven whipala
A handwoven whipala, a piece of identity and representation of the territory.
- Materials:
- Dyed wool yarn
- Technique:
- Guanga weaving in bands of colour.