Buffalo Robe Quinto

Designed, woven, and dyed by Wenceslao Martinez.

Inspiration for this series comes from a beaded buffalo hide the artist encountered at the Art Institute of Chicago. Wence has been exploring the compositional relationship between the lines, spaces, diamonds, and dashes of the contrasting colors through the Buffalo Robe series for many years

Buffalo Robe Eclipse from the series now hangs in the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.

Hand Spun Oaxacan Churro wool, dyed with: indigo, cochineal, pomegranate skin, with natural black.

76” x 29”