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Welcome to the Xochiquetzal photo gallery. Here you can see photos of the artisans who make the items on this website. Please be patient while the images are downloaded: they are worth the wait!
 
 
 
Waiting for a customer. This lady makes wool handbags, among other things. Note the embroidered huipiles hanging on the right of the photo.
This woman is making wool stuffed animals and dolls. Women come into town from the surrounding countryside to sell what they have made. While they wait for a buyer, they continue to work.
  A woman weaving on a back-strap loom in the Chiapas highlands while her family watches. See table linens and ponchos.
     
 
 
 
Lorrie Bortner
 
 
HCR 74 Box 22621
 
 
El Prado, NM 87529
 
 
xochiweavings@yahoo.com