Shyena
The piece
Shyena is the falcon. For the grandest of the fire rites the altar was built of bricks, in five layers, in the shape of a falcon, and the texts choose the falcon because it is the best of flyers. Shyena is cut to a falcon's plan, wings, tail and head, and every part of it is a floor of bricks in madder, terracotta, ochre, indigo and cream. Shown as a rendering. Woven to order in Jaipur.
- Materials
- Hand-spun New Zealand wool with mulberry silk accents, cotton warp
- Dimensions
- Made to order in this shape, sized to your room. Shown at 10 × 8 ft (about 3 × 2.4 m)
- Density
- 6 to 14 knots per inch
- Lead Time
- 6 to 10 months on the loom
- Origin
- Jaipur, Rajasthan
