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Maya Rebozo Shawl #5

Manufacturer: N/A

SKU: G-T-R-5

Price: $70.00
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Most rebozos used by Maya women in Guatemala are woven in the two textile-producing towns of Totonicapan and Quetzaltenango (known locally by its old Maya name of Xela). All are produced on the Spanish-style treadle loom, which involves a considerable amount of dying and handling by hand. It is not as time-consuming work as back-strap weaving, but it can still take weeks of total effort to produce a shawl. Much production is by cottage industry, with small looms in individual homes, where the weaving is a family endeavor. The ikat or jaspe threads are all dyed individually, in the home, and this is one of the more tedious of the jobs. This ikat almost entirely uses cotton threads.

This particular shawl is 20-40 years old, and is of the old style. It is made up entirely of stripes of various colors of warp ikat, and is the style of traditional manufacture in Totonicapan.

Size: 23 inches wide and 66 inches long, including the fringes and pompoms

Condition: Very Good, light rubbing, all pompoms present.

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