Stony Hill Gallery: New Products - MEXICO TEXTILES

Chinanteco Gala Huipil, San Felipe Usila, Oaxaca

Sat, 09 Feb 2019 21:51:37 +0000

Very nice traditional huipil measuring 27 inches wide and 41 inches long, with sleeves.

This is a very finely woven huipil from Oaxaca. According to available references, the weaving techniques and design elements place the village of San Felipe Usila as the place of o..

Price: $465.00

Used Child's Huipil, Trique, Oaxaca, #2

Sat, 09 Feb 2019 21:41:36 +0000

Nice older used child's huipil, lightly used.

This is a very interesting child's huipil made by Trique people in Oaxaca. It was all handwoven on a back-strap loom in 3 panels of equal width. All edges are very nicely selvage-finished. The foundation fabric is fine white cotton. Th..

Price: $95.00

Chinanteco Huipil, Tlacoazintepec, Oaxaca #2

Wed, 30 Jul 2014 20:16:14 +0000

Very nice traditional huipil measuring 24 inches wide and 34 inches long
This is a very finely woven huipil from Oaxaca. According to available references, the weaving techniques and design elements place the village of Tlacoazintepec as the place of origin. It was all handwoven in three p..

Price: $85.00

Traditional Oaxaca Shawl #1A

Wed, 30 Jul 2014 20:16:10 +0000

Traditional warp-ikat shawl in dark blue and black
When we were in Oaxaca in the early 1990s, we were told that this style of shawl was still being woven, but only the older women wore them. The newer styles were not as "boring", and probably more modern and colorful. They were st..

Price: $78.00

Book: The Mighty Aztecs (National Geographic)

Wed, 30 Jul 2014 20:16:08 +0000

Hardcover book with dust jacket about the Aztec people of Mexico
This hardcover book was published in 1981 by the National Geographic Society. Both ancient and contemporary Aztec and related Mexican indigenous cultures are discussed, using the typical National Geographic easy-to-understand wri..

Price: $6.00

Hausateca Quechquemitl

Wed, 30 Jul 2014 20:16:08 +0000

New Quechquemitl made by the Hausatec of San Luis Potosi
The quechquemitl is an ancient Mexican garment still used by the indigenous women in certain regions of contemporary Mexico. Though it was worn in the past without undergarment in the hot regions of Mexico, it is now used as an ov..

Price: $120.00

Ceremonial Huipil Magdalenas, Chiapas

Wed, 30 Jul 2014 20:15:48 +0000

Beautiful ceremonial woman's huipil in the old traditional style
This is a very traditional ceremonial huipil from the Tzotzil Maya town of Magdalenas, Chiapas, Mexico. It was all handwoven in three panels on a back-strap loom. All edges are beautifully selvage-finished. The foundati..

Price: $295.00

BOOK: The Unbroken Thread, Conserving the Textile Tradition of Oaxaca

Wed, 30 Jul 2014 20:15:11 +0000

Large hardcover book with dust jacket
This is a large and heavily illustrated book published in 1997 by the Getty Conservation Institute in Los Angeles. This is a comprehensive survey of Oaxacan textiles and their conservation. Covered are the textiles and details of their methods and mate..

Price: $75.00

Tzotzil Man's Coton, Zinacantan, Chiapas

Wed, 30 Jul 2014 20:15:02 +0000

Lightly used traditional man's overshirt measuring 31 inches wide and 28 inches long
This is a very finely woven man's coton or overshirt from Zinacantan, Chiapas, a Tzotzil Maya community. It probably dates from the 1970s or 1980s. It was woven in two panels, then joined down the..

Price: $165.00

Faja, State of Mexico, 1970s

Wed, 30 Jul 2014 20:14:59 +0000

**SOLD**
All wool belt 5.2 inches wide and 100 inches long
This belt was part of a collection assembled in Mexico and Guatemala during the late 1970s. There is a label which says "State of Mexico, March, 1980", and this is the only information which I have about the item. The weaving style ..

Price: $60.00