Historical information

Uros Lake Titicaca Folk Art is a traditional textile hand-crafted by indigenous artisans near Lake Titicaca in Peru and Bolivia.
Material: Typically handmade with a creamy or ivory wool ground, featuring vibrant wool embroidery threads and sometimes a colorful patchwork backing.
Technique: Uses raised chain-stitch (crewel) embroidery where artisans outline forms in dark wool and fill them with ribbed chain-stitch gradients (such as rust, ember, indigo, and sky blue).
Design Motifs: Depicts high-Altiplano daily life, including the famed Uros floating reed islands, totora reed houses, traditional boats (balsas de totora), villagers, animals, and a smiling sun.
Border and Inscriptions: Features pre-Columbian stepped-meander borders and text inscriptions like "UROS LAGO TITICACA".

Physical description

South American, from Lake Titicaca, Island of Reedy. Made by the Uro Indians who live on the island. Very primitive in design stitchery and colour on hand woven material (wool). Acrylic thread used in design in purple, white, pink, orange and green

Inscriptions & markings

inti uros