It's interesting to compare the simple cape worn by this Zinacanteca doll from the 1970's with the elaborate cape worn by the woman in the previous photo. Zuno de Echeverria doll collection. MAP
Maya Blue --- skirt and cape from Zinacantan, Chiapas, Mexico. Museo de Culturas Populares, Coyoacan, Mexico City
Tonina is a pre-Columbian archaeological site and ruined city of the Maya civilization located in what is now the Mexican state of Chiapas (Wikipedia)
A Maya weaver from Tenejapa Chiapas has completed one half of a huipil and will use the threads in the basket to weave the other half.
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This young Tzeltal woman showing off her beautiful huipil on New Year's Day 1993 in Tenejapa, Chiapas.
This lovely huipil was made in the Tzotzil Maya community of Pantelho, Chiapas Mexico. It is exhibited at the Centro de Textiles del Mundo Maya in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas
This very fine ceremonial huipil was woven in the small Maya community of Santa Maria Magdalena Aldama in the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico. El Centro de Textiles del Mundo Maya. San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas
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This brightly colored woven cloth was made in Tenejapa, Chiapas -- a Tseltal Maya community in Mexico
This is Sra Dominga de las Torres Perez, a fine weaver from Paraiso del Grijalva, Venustiano Carranza, Chiapas
So now that you know all the amazing places you can dine at while visiting Chiapas Mexico (specifically San Cristobal de las Casas), it’s time to share all the beautiful places we saw during …
Women in beautiful capes shine at the fiesta of San Sebastian Martir in Zinacantan, Chiapas, Mexico
Chiapas Guide covering San Cristobal, Tuxtla and Palenque. Beautiful ruins, aqua blue cascades and epic canyons, Chiapas is Mexican culture at its strongest
A group of well-dressed women enjoy a visit to the Fiesta of San Sebastian in Zinacantan, Chiapas, Mexico.
Maya woman wearing a cape embroidered with colorful flowers. Chiapas, Mexico
Close-up of the flowers embroidered on the back of a Maya woman's cape. Zinacantan, Chiapas Mexico
Maya textile artist Paxku Hernandez holds two panels that she wove and then hand embroidered. Zinacantan, Chiapas, Mexico
Laguna Metzabok — Chiapas » Mexico.
