Embroidered Folk Art Tapestry 23-H: Animales en la Selva (Animals in the Forest) - Adriana Morales Geometric traditional 3-panel construction with unusual

traditional 3-panel construction with unusual festive darker red background

Chajul Woman's Huipil ---   Double headed horse serpents and birds in the geometric design with bright colors on this brocaded woman's huipil

Nahuala Woman's Huipil ---  Maria  told me  this daily use huipil was is around 10+ years old and was made by her grandaughter

Note: To see an enlarged version of the painting

traditional 2-panel construction with a medium chocolate or coffee brown background

Embroidered Folk Art Tapestry 23-H: Animales en la Selva (Animals in the Forest) - Adriana Morales Geometric traditional 3-panel construction with unusualHand 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