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Preparing Hair Dye
Community
Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Textiles and Weaving
Summary
Dye used is Tetelcingo, extracted from leaves of a shrub. Shows the leaves which have been soaking in water being ground on a metate.
Woman Dyeing Hair
Community
Nahua, Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Textiles and Weaving
Summary
A Nahua woman of Tetelcingo, Morelos, dyeing her hair green.
A Weaver of Women's Sashes
Community
Otomi, Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Textiles and Weaving
Summary
A weaver of women's sashes, Santa Ana Hueytlalpan, Hidalgo. (Otomi)
Wool Weaver & Children II
Community
Otomi, Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Textiles and Weaving
Summary
An Otomi weaver and a girl spinning. Santa Ana Hueytlalpan, Hidalgo.
Wool Weaver & Children I
Community
Otomi, Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Textiles and Weaving
Summary
An Otomi weaver and a girl spinning. Santa Ana Hueytlalpan, Hidalgo.
Totonac Skirt
Community
Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Textiles and Weaving
Summary
An old-style embroidered Totonac skirt.
Wool Skirt Weaver I
Community
Photograph Collection, Otomi
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Textiles and Weaving
Embroidering a Typical Huipil
Community
Nahua, Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Textiles and Weaving
Summary
Nahua woman embroidering a typical huipil. San Jose Miahuatlan, Puebla.
Preparation for "Tie-Dye" Weaving
Community
Otomi, Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Textiles and Weaving
Summary
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
Wool Skirt Weaver II
Community
Otomi, Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Textiles and Weaving
Back Strap Loom
Community
Otomi, Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Textiles and Weaving
Summary
A weaver of women's sashes, Santa Ana Hueytlalpan, Hidalgo. (Otomi).
Woman in Costume
Community
Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Textiles and Weaving