Ave Pescador (The Fishing Bird) - Cochinilla

Organic 100% wool rug, all natural plant dyed. All of the locally sourced wool in this rug is handspun, hand dyed and hand woven on a traditional floor loom, a process that takes 120-150 hours for a rug of this size.
 
The Ave Pescador in this tapestry represents any of a number of fishing birds that are found on the ocean shores of Peru – a pelicans, say. In this stylized design, you see the fishing birds as well as small, luminescent fish, called borrachitos, that live near rocks on the Peruvian coast.
 
This rug measures 3' x 4', a versatile size that also makes a lovely wall hanging.