Medium orange Shigra South America a richly colored Mayan textile

a richly colored Mayan textile of traditional Guatemalan clothing

wool or silk shawls are woven by artisans who are known as macaneros

Each huipil is carefully selected and tells a unique story

fabrics cut on a foot loom and patches woven on traditional backstrap looms from communities in Chichicastenango

which is created on a backstrap loom and attached to Guatemalan leather to create the extraordinary bags

Medium orange Shigra South America a richly colored Mayan textileMeet the traditional shigra with its dazzling weaving, unique designs and brightly coloured sleeves that reflect its traditions. Preserving ancestral techniques of the ancestors of Salcedo in Ecuador. Where the artisan hands cut the native fiber of the penco, then amachaca and let it soak for 8 days in water to obtain the threads of the fiber to begin the process of hand weaving for about 4 days, all depending on the size and design, in some cases it