Red Colored Pantelhó Mayan Handmade Huipil

$55.00

Traditional huipil hand made in Pantelhó, the Highlands in Chiapas.
Made on fine cotton with the traditional technique Waist Loom.

The Tzotzil Mayan mastery technique allows the creations of striped canvases of various colors.
The lines are interrupted by zoomorphic motifs that represent symbolism attached to their culture.
Among the most common are animals, geometrical universes, starts, corn, etc.

The complex transit, the violence, and the poverty social situation in the region make it so difficult that the indigenous can trade out of Pantelhó.

Traditional Technique: Waist Loom.

*One-of-a-kind, no 2 are alike.

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