Mayan Embroidered Folk Art Tapestry __-R08: "Las Cascadas" (The Waterfalls) - Isabel Quino QuinoRosario Paralal Burning how they are evolving over

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She told me it represents the families that have had to flee to the border

The shoulder pattern includes flowers

Patzun Woman's Huipil ---   Nicely finished neck and shoulder emproidery on this hand-woven two-panel huipil

Almolonga Woman"s Corte --- Beautiful jaspe  traditional patterns in two-panel foot-loomed  corte i(skirt) material  from Almolonga

Mayan Embroidered Folk Art Tapestry __-R08: "Las Cascadas" (The Waterfalls) - Isabel Quino QuinoRosario Paralal Burning how they are evolving overHand 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