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Quetzaltenango is one of the Departments or regional governments of Guatemala
located in the SW portion of the country. Quetzaltenango is also
Guatemala's second largest city. Locally the city is often referred to as "Xela"
a shortening of the original Mayan name for the area. Thus if you are
looking for traditional clothing from "Quetzaltenango" you need to
first figure out if you mean the City or one of the villages or pueblos in the
Department of Quezaltenango. Both Quiche and Mam Mayans live in
Quezaltenango.
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Municipality
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Language Group
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Quetzaltenango
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Quetzaltenango ("Xela")
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Quiche (Kiche)
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Quezaltenango
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Almolonga
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Quiche (Kiche)
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Quezaltenango
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Cantel
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Quezaltenango
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Concepcion Chiquirichapa
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Mam
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Quezaltenango
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San Martin Sacatepequez (Chile Verde)
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Mam
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"Xela" or Quezaltenango, the city, usually has a 3-panel
huipil which has a wide decorative striped embroidered randa holding the panels
together. Sometimes the striped randa is replaced by machine embroidered
flowers. The neck opening is usually circled by beautiful embroidered
flowers. In the past this embroidery was done by hand. Most is now
machine embroidered. The huipil's panels are usually made on a floor loom rather
than a back-strap loom. I've noticed two distinct patterns to the cloth.
One is a distinctive intricate brocade that usually has patterns of Quetzals or
other birds, rows of "diamonds", and a pattern that might represent the tree of
life or other vegetative design. The other cloth pattern has horizontal rows
that contains some white and black jaspe (ikot) designs (often in chevrons), and
rows of brocaded design that may contain birds, zigzag lightning type and
geometric patterns that look like "snowflakes" to my mid-western Wisconsin eyes,
but certainly have other meanings to the weavers.
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Quezaltenango,
Quezaltenango.
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Girl/ Small Woman's |
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H-Q-014*
Girl/ Small Women
Width: 25"
Length: 16.5"
Neck: 4.75"w,
2.5"d. 1.75" slit
Weight: 14.5 oz
Price:
$25.00
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Quezaltenango
- Two-panel foot loomed
cotton
cloth huipil with brocaded design. Neck and front have
nice machine-made embroidered flowers with similar flowered randa.
Panel sides are closed. Bottom panels are hemmed. Condition:
Good used piece.
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Woman's |
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H-Q-15-04 Women Width:
30
Length: 26"
Neck: 6.5"w,
2.5"d.
Weight: 1.2 lb
Price:
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H-Q-15-05 Women Width:
30
Length: 25"
Neck: 5.5"w,
3"d.
Weight: 1 lb
Price:
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H-Q-021 Women Width:
32
Length: 27"
Neck: 6.5"w,
2.5"d.
Weight: 1.6 lb
Price:
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H-Q-15-03 Women Width:
34
Length: 24"
Neck: 6.25"w,
2.5"d.
Weight: 1.5 lb
Price:
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H-Q-15-01 Women Width:
36
Length: 29"
Neck: 5.5"w,
2"d.
Weight: 2.25 lb
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H-Q-019 Women Width:
36
Length: 28"
Neck: 6.25"w,
3"d.
Weight: 1.75 lb
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H-Q-15-02 Women Width:
37"
Length: 23"
Neck: 6.75"w,
2.5d.
Weight: 1.75 lb
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H-Q-022 Women Width:
37"
Length: 24"
Neck: 6.7"w,
3d.
Weight: 1.7 lb
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Shawls, Rebozos,
Perajes |
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R_Q_003 Shawl or Rebozo
Width:
26", Length: 72" (not including fringe)
Price: $
30.00
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--- Shawl or Rebozo Colorful
primarily acrylic threads. Probably made on a foot-loom. Condition: good
quality used piece.
Width:
24", Length: 64" (not including fring)
Price: $
38.00 (SH-CE049) |
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| Q_02
--- Shawl or Rebozo Colorful
primarily acrylic threads. Probably made on a foot-loom. Condition: good
quality used piece.
Width:
22", Length: 54" (not including fringe)
Price: $35.00 (SH)
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