Textiles and Weaving

A Nahua woman of Tetelcingo, Morelos, dyeing her hair green.

Dye used is Tetelcingo, extracted from leaves of a shrub. Shows the leaves which have been soaking in water being ground on a metate.

An old Huastec hair arrangement...showing the manner of arranging the hair with the petob.

Using a vine instead of wool yarn...showing the manner of arranging the hair. Tamaleton, San Luis Potosi

Indian women dressed for church; one old woman wearing old style wrap-around skirt. Tehauntepec.

An old-style embroidered Totonac skirt.

An Otomi woman with a handwoven quechquemitl of artificial silk over her head. She is tying threads to be used in the tie-dye process. Toliman, Queretaro

Nahua woman embroidering a typical huipil. San Jose Miahuatlan, Puebla.