Marilyn Anderson,
author of Maya Arts and Crafts of Guatemala: Artes & Artesanias
Mayas de Guatemala has just completed teachers and parents Guides for
using the coloring book. If you want to teach about Mayan Culture or
Fair Trade in your Art, Spanish, World History, Geography or other class
its a great supplement to your curriculum and can help you prepare
lesson plans. The guides are also just a fun way to share with
your favorite young children. The guides are available for free on the
web - check them out by clicking the links below:
Many of the Guide's
suggested learning activities will be enhanced with the Terra
Experience Teaching Kits of
Mayan "Fun Stuff". The Kits provide "hands on"
examples of many of the Arts and Crafts pictured in the
Coloring Book and its Teacher's Guide. We currently
have the following Mayan "Fun Stuff" Teaching Kits Available
Kit
[1] Kids & Fair Trade: Child
Sized Kit (sized for young children to try out)
Kit
[2]
Kids & Fair Trade:
Doll Sized Kit (a great display with a 16 to 18" doll)
Each of these kits includes:
- a huipil (hand-woven Guatemala blouse)
- a handmade palm hat
- a maguey bag with carrying
strap
- a carved wooden mask
- a drinking or other decorated gourd
Additional options include:
Kit
[3]
Hand-woven carrying cloth (tzute)
Kit
[4]
Doll-sized carrying basket (canasta)
and carrying cloth (tzute)
Kit
[5]
Small example of back-strap loom
Kit
[6] Small
doll weaving on a back-strap loom
You can also purchase two versions of Marilyn Anderson's "Maya Arts and Crafts
of Guatemala: Artes
& Artesanias Mayas de Guatemala"
coloring book from Terra
Experience.
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Maya Arts and Crafts
of Guatemala: Artes
& Artesanias Mayas de Guatemala --- 8.5" x 11"
Price = $6.00
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Maya Arts and Crafts
of Guatemala: Artes
& Artesanias Mayas de Guatemala --- 11" x 16.5" (great
for display and teaching with small groups) Price =
$15.00
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Kit
[1]
Kids & Fair Trade: Child-sized Kit
(sized for young children to try out)
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Price for small child-sized kit (K-2nd
grade) = $55.00
(Huipil will be sized for small child,
approx.
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Price for medium child-sized kit
(3-6th grade) = $65.00
(Huipil will be sized for medium-sized child, approx.
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- One Small or Medium child-sized used hand-woven
huipil from Chichicastenango, Patzun or other village
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One Guatemalan child- sized straw
or palm hat (usually worn by men & boys, but
fun for everyone, as you can see at an informal happening this summer on
my porch in Wisconsin)
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- One handmade
crocheted cotton, or woven or netted maguey fiber bag - various sizes and
styles
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Small Painted Mask (various animals, approx
6"x 4"x3")
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- Carved Wooden Gourd
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Kit
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16 or 18" Doll-sized Kit
(Note doll is not included but many different 16" &
18" dolls are available. If you are thinking about buying a
doll, consider the Fair Trade "Maya
Traditions Doll" or check
out other options.
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Price for doll-sized kit = $40.00 and
includes:
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One outfit (traje) for
16" or 18" doll from Patzun, Guatemala. Includes
traditional over-blouse (huipil), skirt (corte) and belt (faja).
The doll is not included. Examples of the types of outfits are shown below
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One 16 or 18" doll straw hat from Guatemala
(doll not included)
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A maguey net cargo bag or carrying
bag for doll (doll
not included)
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- A small Mayan Mask
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A doll-sized gourd . Gourds come in an incredible
number of sizes and
shapes. Some are used as water carriers others as ceremonial or
everyday drinking cups others for storage.
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Kit
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Child-sized Mayan carrying cloth
(tzute) The
tzute or carrying cloth is used for carrying an infant, items to and from
the market and many other functions. The tzutes included in this kit
are usually handwoven on a back-strap loom and measure at least
30" x 30". The tzutes are each unique and have been used.
They are generally in good shape, but may have some spots or light
wear. The tzutes also make nice table cloths once you have finished
using them to carry things. You will find instructions on how to make
a bundle to carry on the arm (or on the head ) in the Guide: LEARNING
FROM THE MAYA.
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Price for child-sized carrying cloth (tzute) = $20.00
(note examples of different ways tzute is used in picture below)
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Kit
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16"
or 18"
Doll Sized Mayan Carrying Basket
(canasto) & Cloth (tzute) In
Guatemala, they use the word canasto for a basket with no handle. (Notice
this in the coloring book. ) The canasto is the traditional Mayan basket. The tzute cloth is used to
cover things in the basket and are also often used instead of a hat to
shade the head. Most that we sell are from Solola. Check
here for pictures of Solola.
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Price for doll-sized basket & carrying cloth =
$7.50:
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Kit[5]
Example of a Small back-strap loom - doll or small child size is from San
Antonio Aguas Caliente. . Comes in a rainbow of colors.
The 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
the 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.
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Price for Small Back-strap
loom with maguey back-strap = $27.50
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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Kit
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Fun Weaving Doll shows traditional back strap loom and mother
with child. (approx 5.5"x2.5"x3")
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Price for Weaving Doll = $12.50
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