Endangered Threads Documentaries LogoHand embroidery on a back strap loomed belt, Chichicastenango, Quiché, Guatemala.

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María Elena Xol Ae weaves on a back strap loom at the Cooperativa Agrícícola Integral Samac, R. L., near Cobán, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.  She is one of only a few weavers in the area that produce pikb'il (the name from the local Maya language) textiles, an ancient technique that uses white supplementary weft patterns on spaced white plain weave, resulting in a diaphanous, lace-like textile worn as a huipil (a blouse-type garment worn by Maya women) in the Cobán area.  All the skirts in the photo are made of ikat or jaspe (the local term) textiles, which are preferred by Maya women. Photo by Margot Blum Schevill 2005.

 

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Indigenous weavers in Endangered Threads Documentaries are located throughout much of Guatemala. Click on a name to see photographs from that department or community.

Alta Verapaz Cobán/ Samac Cooperative
San Cristóbal Verapaz
San Juan Chamelco
Tactíc
Tamahú
Chimaltenango
Patzicía
Patzún
Huehuetenango San Ildefonzo Ixtahuacán
San Rafael Petzal
Todos Santos Cuchumatán
Quetzaltenango Almolonga
Concepcíon
Salcajá
San Andrés Xecul
San Juan Ostuncalco
Xela (Quetzaltenango)
Zunil
Quiché
Aguacatán/Aldea Leana Cayote
Chichicastenango
Nebaj
San Juan Cotzal
Sacatepéquez Antigua
San Antonio Aguas Calientes
Sololá
El Adelanto
Nahualá
Panajachel
San Antonio Palopó
San Lucas Tolimán
San Marcos La Laguna
San Pablo La Laguna
San Pedro La Laguna
Santa Catarina Palopó
Santiago Atitlán
Sololá
Totonicapán Momostenango
Totonicapán/Aldea Chuculjuyup