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Small Mayan back-strap loom
- San Antonio Aguas Caliente

33f4.JPG (48031 bytes) The small back-strap looms are doll or small child size is from San Antonio Aguas Caliente.   They come in yellow, red or blue.    Each loom contains all the rods of a backstrap loom, in a scale that might be used by a young Mayan girl as she tries her first weaving.   Even if a Maya girl of seven or eight  might weave on a backstrap loom most of us in the US or Canada need to be experienced weavers to actually use the33f0.JPG (42217 bytes) loom.  So, unless you are a weaver, its probably best plan to use it as a wall hanging or loom for your doll.  Some of the weavings have the characteristic San Antonio Aguas Caliente weavings where the design looks as good on the back of the material as on the front.  If you are interested in learning more about about San Antonio Aguas Caliente you might want to purchase or get from you library the book "A Life of Their Own" by Aylette Jenness & Lisa Kroeber.  To learn more about Guatemala weaving check out our "Mayan Experience" web page.



 

Dora is the artisan who along with her mother weaves these beautiful looms and some of Terra Experience's Doll Huipiles.


Small Single Sided Back-strap loom = $30
Length of loom (from rod to rod) approximately 14". The loom pieces are approximately 14" and the width of the weaving averages 8".  Each one is unique.

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