Threads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles

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  • Collection: Modern Guatemala

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Wooden saint figures, such as the one in the center, were lavishly dressed and re-dressed over time in layers of miniature clothes such as those on either side of him. Despite their European Catholic origin, santos and santas were “Mayanized” to…
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