Mayan Embroidered Folk Art Tapestry 25-H: La Escuela (The School) - Rosario Parabal Bag WITH basket and sunflowers espalda

WITH basket and sunflowers espalda (back) view

The neck is hand-finished with button stitched

Neck:   4

Conception had grown quite a bit from the first time I met her

Although a though a new book from Guatemala

Mayan Embroidered Folk Art Tapestry 25-H: La Escuela (The School) - Rosario Parabal Bag WITH basket and sunflowers espaldaHand 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