Nuestros tejidos son los libros que la colonia no pudo quemar (Our weavings are the books that the Spanish colonizers couldn't burn) Baskets this intricately crocheted kippah (yarmulke)

this intricately crocheted kippah (yarmulke) features a black center

Handwoven in Guatemala

this basket is a wonderful tabletop accent

9" diameter x 2

Nuestros tejidos son los libros que la colonia no pudo quemar (Our weavings are the books that the Spanish colonizers couldn't burn) Baskets this intricately crocheted kippah (yarmulke)For more than 500 years since the arrival of the Spanish invaders, Mayan people have struggled to sustain their communities. Much of this has been on the shoulders of women who continue weaving, speaking their native languages, and transmitting their culture to the new generation. All of this in the midst of an onerous oppression and discrimination against them. Now, through the National Weavers Movement, weavers are becoming more visible and raising