Zunil: Costume and Economy, Miralbes de Polanco San Andres Sematabec Some wear and loose threads

Some wear and loose threads around the neck hold

along on the visit and the women loved her

traditional 3-panel construction with black background    Unusual sun design embroidered around head hole

Like most Santa Catarina Palopo huipils the thread is a synthetic

Aliix Mendoza is a young San Juan La Laguna Artist I have enjoyed meeting and talking to in the past few years

Zunil: Costume and Economy, Miralbes de Polanco San Andres Sematabec Some wear and loose threadsZunil: Costume and Economy Miralbes de Polanco, Rosario; Eugenia Saenz de Tejada. Idalma Mejia de Rodas. Paperback Condition: Good used Description: A museum monograph of the Museum Ixchel in Guatemala. The liberally illustrated book covers native dress and its development through time in this major Kiche Maya town in the western highlands. The major emphasis is textile procedures, production and the costume traditions. It also includes chapters on