Weaving Myth and Magic-Cotton
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A short article adapted by Karen Searle from Cifuentes's Nociones de Tejidas Indígenas de Guatemala, retelling a Mayan creation myth in which the god Hunahpu discovers the cotton plant, invents spinning, dyeing and weaving, and inspires the first loom under a tree. It explains the origin of the backstrap loom, the shuttle and the colors of Guatemalan women's clothing such as skirts and huipiles. A line drawing of a woman at a backstrap loom accompanies the text, and a Wool-N-Shop advertisement shares the page.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- February 1980
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
- Archive notes
- By permission. PDF provided by Judith Combs.
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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