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Chamarro, ceremonial serape used in the cofradia in Santo Tomas Chichicastenango. These are very rare and haven't been made since the 1950s. See "Maya Textiles of Guatemala: The Eisen Collection of 1902"  ...
Chamarro, ceremonial serape used in the cofradia in Santo Tomas Chichicastenango. These are very rare and haven't been made since the 1950s. See "Maya Textiles of Guatemala: The Eisen Collection of 1902"  ...
Chamarro, ceremonial serape used in the cofradia in Santo Tomas Chichicastenango. These are very rare and haven't been made since the 1950s. See "Maya Textiles of Guatemala: The Eisen Collection of 1902"  ...
Chamarro, ceremonial serape used in the cofradia in Santo Tomas Chichicastenango. These are very rare and haven't been made since the 1950s. See "Maya Textiles of Guatemala: The Eisen Collection of 1902"  ...
Chamarro, ceremonial serape used in the cofradia in Santo Tomas Chichicastenango. These are very rare and haven't been made since the 1950s. See "Maya Textiles of Guatemala: The Eisen Collection of 1902"  ...
Chamarro, ceremonial serape used in the cofradia in Santo Tomas Chichicastenango. These are very rare and haven't been made since the 1950s. See "Maya Textiles of Guatemala: The Eisen Collection of 1902"  ...
Chamarro, ceremonial serape used in the cofradia in Santo Tomas Chichicastenango. These are very rare and haven't been made since the 1950s. See "Maya Textiles of Guatemala: The Eisen Collection of 1902" by Margot Blum Schevill, u. of Texas Press, 1993, pp. 92-3 for descriptions of examples of very similar pieces over 100 years old. They were woven by men on foot treadle looms using hand spun undyed wool; the blue and red are indigo and cochineal. It has two darned holes and a bit of fraying on one edge, in addition to the losses at the edges of the border designs. It measures 33" by 82".
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