Quiché, Guatemala
The department of Quiché is the center of the highlands and boasts the most popular indigenous market, Chichicastenango. Maya weaving is popular throughout the department.
Andrea Raymundo, who lives in the aldea or rural community of Leana Cayote near Aguacatan, weaves a corte or skirt length in her front yard. Here Maya women prefer their own design, and do not wear the jaspe or ikat skirts popular in many other areas of Guatemala. Photo by Kathleen Mossman Vitale 2005.
Helena Estella Covo Santiago, 14, works fulltime weaving and running a textile stall in Nebaj to help support her siblings. Photo by Kathleen Mossman Vitale 2005.
Manuela Canil Ren, Chichicastenango, works on a geometric floral pattern above a row of quetzal birds on a sleeve panel for a huipil. Photo by Denise Gallinetti 2005.