These Zapotec design rugs are handmade using traditional techniques. Natural dyed and and woven by local Artisans.

Please note: We have included UPS worldwide expedited shipping in the price of the rugs. This is beacuse the shipping from Mexico is very expensive and we dont want you to have any suprises during the transaction.

Bizaly Collection

$179.00

Please note that the sizing can vary as some discrepancies can occur during the hand-looming process.
Natural dyes Pericón (Tagetes lucida), also known as Mexican tarragon or mint marigold. It grows wild along the foothills and is collected and dried at the end of the summer. Color similar to regular Tagetes Arecta, a rich golden yellow. Achiote, Annatto seeds. Pomegranate peels AND seeds, the peels are ground on the volcanic stone with a pinch of lime to release the yellows. Blue: Nocuana cogui, or Anil, Indigofera suffruticosa (Xiquilite). Purples and Reds:Cochineal (Nochetzli) for amazing shades of purple, pink, deep reds, and anything in between. For brown shades: Pecan leaves and hulls (but the hard shells, not the outer hulls, have never tried those myself), Bihi, a type of acacia pods Lichens. For mordants, I have the understanding that the Zapotec dyers mainly use Alum. (rough rock alum) and sometimes a bit of ferrous sulfate as a post-mordant. Handwoven from locally sourced sheep’s wool, this flat-weave rug is incredibly durable, perfect for daily use or even wall art in your home.
Please accept that these products are manufactured in the cottage industry and their style of packaging and shipping is not like the big corporate retail stores. Quality handmade pieces is their specialty.

Dispatched in a maximum of business days. Exchange accepted within 7 days of delivery. Cancellation requests will be accepted strictly within 24 hours of placing the order only.
This item ships from Mexico.
The patterns you see displayed on the rugs are either natural shades of sheep wool or naturally dyed yarns hand-loomed into geometric patterns and sacred Zapoteca symbols: Triangles represent mountains, Geometric pyramids represent the ancient political and religious centres of Zapotec culture.

Lightning, zig-zag patterns connected to the god of lightning and rain.

Cocijo: Agave, the staple plant for making sweet nectar, and mezcal, growing abundantly in the entire valley of Oaxaca.

Zapotec diamond, Ojo de Dios, the ‘eye of God’
Corn, representing the underworld, partly life and heaven, corn is a sacred plant.

Bizaly Collection

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