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Pascuala is a weaver from Zinacantán, Chiapas. She learned to weave on a back-strap loom when she was twelve years old, taught by her mother and sister. The technique of using a backstrap loom consists of securing an end of the loom to a tree or post and the other end to the waist of the weaver, maintaining the tension with the weight of the body. This is a pre-Hispanic technique that continues to be used without major changes over the centuries. The complexity of the work that can be created on this loom is limited only by the skill of the weaver, and the entire loom with the weaving in progress can be rolled up at any time and carried from place to place.

Pascuala has managed to organize a cooperative of 20 women, many of them family, to work together to save expenses and giving mothers time to do their normal work in the home while making money to bring into their homes at the same time. These textiles are created from the finest cotton and indigenous dies from this area.

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Textiles
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1250 59"x75"(1.50x1.90m) $295	**Click once an image below to enlarge.

1257 Round Table Cloth 72" (1.80m) $185	**Click once an image below to enlarge.


1265 Squared Table Cloth 71"x59"(1.88x1.50m) $150	1269 Medium Table Cloth 55"x37"(1.40x0.9s5m) $50	1270 Table Runner 69.5"x17.5"(1.77x0.45m) $186	1271 Short Table Runner 33.5"x17.5"(85x45cm) $95

1272 Table Runner 55"x37"(1.40x0.95m) $38	1274 Table Runner 36.5"x36.5"(93x93cm) $28	1276 Squared Table Cloth 54"x54"(1.38x1.38m) $80

1279 Short Table Runner 61"x16"(155x42cm) $36.00		1280 Short Table Runner 38.5"x17.5"(98x45cm) $26.00


1285 Cushion Cover (48x44cm) $15		1288 Table Runner (53x40cm) $15	1291 Table Runner (50x38cm) $7

1293 (1.60x0.44m) $30	1294 (1.60x0.44m) $28	1295 Brocade Shwal (175x52cm) $32

1314 Scarf (160x30cm) $11	1306 Tortillero This is a traditional tortilla warmer. A small stock of hot tortillas is slipped in an opening in the side. (27cm) $8