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 department name in the list below or use our Anthology Index for a full list of all the locations in our Guatemala Photo Anthology.

Alta Verapaz
Chimaltenango
Huehuetenango
Quetzaltenango
Quiche
Sacatepequez
Solola
Totonicapan