Weaving our history Weaving in Peru is a language as much as it is an art, and for Inkas without any written language, textiles took on a central communicative role in the culture. In a way rarely seen in the textiles of the world, Peruvian rugs often communicate histories, power dynamics, and relationships between people, their gods, and their world. Classic motifs such as the mayu (river), the inti (sun), unnamed references to the stars, and the vast and mythic Andes mountains lend…
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