Textiles

From the press release:
Huichol Art and Culture:

Museum of Indian Arts and Culture

Beautiful textiles with ancient designs are intricately woven on backstrap looms by Huichol women. Wool ribbons are worn by men and women in the hair, as decorative headbands, cascading down the back, as hatbands, and as tumplines for carrying burdens. Tuxpan de Bolaños, ca. 1934. Lengths range from 0.8 to 2.0 m. Robert M. Zingg collection, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/ Laboratory of Anthropology,

Credit: Photograph by Blair Clark.


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