Purepecha Rebozo Shawl with Stripes — Handwoven Michoacán Cotton with Silk Fringe & Feathers Silver_filigree

Purepecha Rebozo Shawl with Stripes — Handwoven Michoacán Cotton with Silk Fringe & Feathers Silver_filigreeThe stripes are not chosen. They are composed the way a painter composes a canvas. This rebozo comes from a Purepecha artisan in Michoacn whose color combinations have made her work stand apart within her community. The bold, measured stripes running the length of the cloth are her signature a deliberate composition, not a default pattern. Then, at each end, she ties hundreds of individual silk threads by hand into the knotted fringe the Purepecha

Metal: Silver

she knots silk fringe into the elaborate tassels the Purepecha call rapacejo — "flowers" — and works real feathers among them as her personal signature

Tradition: Chinese silver export jewelry

or protection from harm

The Mazahua of the State of Mexico have built their silversmithing tradition around the paloma — the dove — for centuries

Not a reproduction

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not at this scale

their value has almost certainly risen further

Intricate filigrana oaxaqueña — hand-twisted wires built into lace-like structures — is set with genuine turquoise that adds a touch of natural

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These earrings were made by Eva Calabaza of Tewa and Santo Domingo (Kewa) Pueblo — a name that carries genuine standing in the Southwest Native American jewelry world