Archive for 'textiles'
Ancient Maya produced high-quality textiles
That the ancient Maya produced high-quality textiles will come as little surprise to anyone who has traveled through the modern Maya world. But because few textiles are preserved from ancient times, it has been difficult to confirm that this was the case. Now researchers at the University of Rhode Island have performed a lab analysis [...]
Posted: May 1st, 2008 under archaeology, copan, textiles.
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Nim Po’t, textile and folk art cooperative, La Antigua, Guatemala
Nim Po’t is a kind of folk art cooperative or consignment market located near the Arco at 5a Avenida Norte #29 in La Antigua, Guatemala. The quality of their merchandise varies, but their website provides a useful service by relating textile styles to the pueblos where they are made (each Guatemala highland village has [...]
Posted: February 5th, 2008 under textiles.
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Unusual Guatemalan embroidery
Luis Figueroa, a columnist for Prensa Libre, maintains a blog called by the same name as his column, “Carpe Diem.” His most recent post included this image of an embroidery from Magdalena Milpas Altas (a municipality in the department of Sacatepéquez), Guatemala, ca. 1941. The textile is extremely unusual. Does it represent a particular [...]
Posted: October 29th, 2007 under museums, symbology, textiles.
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