As I mentioned before, we didn't take enough photos of weavers working when we were in South America & Central America. However, here's a nice one of a woman in Guatemala using a backstrap loom. And check out her huipile, the top she has on. She's probably weaving another; I'm sure I asked, but do not remember.
Anyway, because I didn't take enough pictures for the "Weavers at Work" series, I'll post a few that I call "Weavings at Work," people wearing amazing woven clothes while going about their business...
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Finally, the women in the third photo are a the market in Nebaj, and are wearing typical northern Guatemala dress. (It's pretty easy to tell where women--and sometimes men--are from, if they're wearing their traditional dress.) Can you see the woman on the right?! In her hair is braided this amazing ribbon, which is woven & embroidered. We have such a "ribbon" but it's only 6' long--we saw some that were 12'. This is the problem w/ traveling while poor--I could have easily bought 10 of them, but instead had to make a choice! We did buy 7 huipiles, though!
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