Mayan Embroidered Folk Art Tapestry 25-B: Mundo Acuatico (The Water World) - Rosario Parabal Denim Weight: 1

Weight:  1

Indigo Jaspe Skirt -- Single-panel  foot-loomed indigo jaspe (ikat) skirt material probably made in Salcaja to be worn by Mayan women in a number of different villages

Diego Mendoza Large Oil painting by Diego Mendoza of Old Man with Hat

Each outfit includes:

corn and other geometric designs woven into this brocaded  large woman's huipil

Mayan Embroidered Folk Art Tapestry 25-B: Mundo Acuatico (The Water World) - Rosario Parabal Denim Weight: 1Hand 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