Accent Cotton Pillow with Geometric Design

Accent Pillow cover handmade on waist loom in Oaxaca, Mexico. Tweed weave with colorful geometric design Flat weave on one side and padded cotton back Zipper closure on one end 4 decorative tassels on each corner. Colors: Tan, gray and blackThe waist loom is a very old technique used by Mesoamerican cultures. At present, artisans continue to use this technique to make some of the pieces they use for their clothing as well as items and accessories for the home. This technique used in some communities of Oaxaca and Chiapas, consists of intertwining threads of any type of fiber in a wooden loom, tying them to a pole or tree on one side and to the waist of the craftsman on the other; and interconnecting perpendicularly other threads with chopsticks to give the finish to the weft of the fabric. The elaboration of a wool cushion like this is a slow process that can take up to 3 days to finish! Unfortunately, these ancestral techniques have been replicated with machines, removing the human