Weaving, Culture, and Tradition in Guatemala

Myth has it that the goddess Ixchel taught the first woman how to weave on a backstrap loom. Since then, Maya weaving traditions handed down from mothers to daughters over 3,000 years evolved into a rich array of designs. Learn about brocade, jaspe, tapestry weave & other techniques found in the Mayan Hands collection.

The Battle to Preserve Mayan Weaving in Guatemala

How Mayan women in Guatemala are fighting to protect their designs – and their identity

The Huipil: An everlasting, indigenous cultural emblem —

Learn Guatemalan Backstrap Weaving on Lake Atitlan - No Back Home

Weaving Techinques in Guatemala - Las Casas - Make Life Fair

Traditional Guatemalan Weaving - Elements

Indigenous weavers organize for collective intellectual property rights

WEAVING IN GUATEMALA, SMH TRAVELLER — Nina Karnikowski

A thread of hope: Visiting a Mayan women's weaving cooperative in Sololá — Venture Beneath The Skies

Guatemalan textiles

Intellectual Extractivism: The Dispossession of Maya Weaving

Guatemala - Weaving with a Women's Cooperative in Lake Atitlan

Weaving, Culture, and Tradition in Guatemala