Mayan Embroidered Folk Art Tapestry __-R08: "Las Cascadas" (The Waterfalls) - Isabel Quino QuinoRosario Paralal Burning She told me it represents

She told me it represents the families that have had to flee to the border

Almolonga Woman"s Corte --- Beautiful jaspe  traditional patterns in two-panel foot-loomed  corte i(skirt) material  from Almolonga

Quetzaltenango (Xela) Guatemala Woman's Huipil ---  Fun warm colors and embroidery of flowers and birds on this daily use three-panel larger huipil from Xela

motivated by her first sale

Painting size approximatanely 9" x 11" and is stretched

Mayan Embroidered Folk Art Tapestry __-R08: "Las Cascadas" (The Waterfalls) - Isabel Quino QuinoRosario Paralal Burning She told me it representsHand embroidered. Size approximately 18" x 18". Background material is cotton and handwoven on a backstrap loom. Backside of fabric has the name of the artisan who made it and the theme or title of the embroidery. These wonderful embroidered tapestries are the folk art of today where traditional Mayan skills and themes have sound a new medium of expression. This project was started in 2001 by Ramalle Gonzoles, who ran Foundations for Education. She