Mayan Embroidered Folk Art Tapestry __-R05: "La Recreacion" (The Recreation) - Maria Velasquez Lake Quetzaltenango (Xela) Guatemala Woman's Huipil

Quetzaltenango (Xela) Guatemala Woman's Huipil ---  Striking tangerine and orange shades on this daily use single-panel huipil from Xela (pleated to appear like traditional 3-panel huipil)

signed "Angelina Quic"  of Fruit and Vegtable Market using the overhead or birds-eye view

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About the Weavers: Martina and Catarina were two of the first weavers who I worked with to make traditional Mayan doll clothes

motivated by her first sale

Mayan Embroidered Folk Art Tapestry __-R05: "La Recreacion" (The Recreation) - Maria Velasquez Lake Quetzaltenango (Xela) Guatemala Woman's HuipilHand embroidered. Size approximately 18" x 18". Background material is cotton and handwoven on a backstrap loom. Backside of fabric has the name of the artisan who made it and the theme or title of the embroidery. These wonderful embroidered tapestries are the folk art of today where traditional Mayan skills and themes have sound a new medium of expression. This project was started in 2001 by Ramalle Gonzoles, who ran Foundations for Education. She