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woven sampler
c.1975
A woven mat in brown with supplementary weave geometric designs and knotted tassels at both ends. The designs, in red, greens, purples, and blues, include stripes, zigzags, diamonds, lattice and tria...
sash
c.1975
A red sash with three blue/green/yellow stripes running the length of the weave, and twisted tassels at both ends. Supplementary weave zigzag designs are at both ends.
shirt
c.1975
A man’s long-sleeved shirt in red with intermittent thin vertical stripes in orange, blue, purple, green and white. Pieces are stitched together by hand, including using green thread. The front an...
huipil
c.1975
A huipil (woman’s tunic) made of four panels of vertical red and white stripes with occasional blue/orange/green stripes. The upper area supplementary weave of multicoloured squares and diamonds.
huipil
c.1975
A huipil (woman’s tunic), made of three panels of vertical red and white stripes (with thin blue and orange additional stripes), with upper sections of supplementary weave horizontal red, blue and g...
back strap loom and yarns
1980
A back strap loom in several pieces, comprising of warp threads holding an incomplete geometric weaving, with bamboo and carved wood dowel support bars and shed or heddle sticks or rods; a back strap ...
shirt
c.1975
A long sleeved man’s shirt in vertical thin red and blue on white stripes, with two thick red stripes down the front and back centre. The shirt is made up of two pieces of weaving, going over the s...