One of a Kind!
This manta was woven in Potosí and named after a dormant volcano in the same department. Tunupa is just to the north of the Salar de Uyuni, and, according to legend, responsible for the Salar’s existence.
Talk about a mountain of misery: according to Aymara legend, Tunupa, Kusku, and Kusina—all peaks surrounding the Salar de Uyuni—were once three lusty giants caught in a scandalous love triangle. Though Kusku was ma... Read More
Talk about a mountain of misery: according to Aymara legend, Tunupa, Kusku, and Kusina—all peaks surrounding the Salar de Uyuni—were once three lusty giants caught in a scandalous love triangle. Though Kusku was married to Tunupa, with whom he had a child, he soon left her for Kusina. Weeping as she mourned the loss of that two-timing sonofagun Kusku, the breast-feeding Tunupa’s tears mixed with her milk and formed the Salar de Uyuni, the largest salt flat in the world, which many locals actually call the “Salar de Tunupa.” Read Less
3.0 ft Wx 4.5 ft LVintage
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