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Featuring a hand-woven Guatemalan textile, our "Montagua" pillow is a striking and unique accent piece for your home!
Based on ancient Mayan spinning and dyeing techniques, Guatemalan textiles are an enduring link to a rich cultural past. Weavers today (mostly women) still derive colors for their threads from vegetable and mineral substances. The Mayan loom - a back strap loom- is still the method of weaving used today.
Guatemala is one of few countries in the world where the ancient traditions of textile art still thrive!
Thank you for supporting women in business! Following the Civil War in Guatemala (from 1960-1996), many women were widowed and left without an income. Weaving at home has allowed them to support their children through their craft and at the same time develop self-confidence and organizational skills. They have passed these skills on to their daughters and granddaughters and created a successful and self-sustaining enterprise- all while preserving their cultural heritage!
$ 285.00
Transform any room with this one of a kind, authentic Otomi pillow! Featuring exquisite embroidery in a gorgeous maize / goldenrod color that is perfectly complemented by a soft turquoise...
$ 214.00
Hand dyed and hand loomed in Turkey, it can take up to a month to create a yard of this stunning fabric! This textile craftsmanship has been handed down from...
$ 285.00
Transform any room with this one of a kind, authentic Otomi pillow! Featuring exquisite embroidery in a gorgeous maize / mustard color on a neutral linen fabric. It all comes together...