Corte - Indigo Morga Skirt from Nahuala Guatemala, girls C_N_067 Backstrap ducks and other bird designs

ducks and other bird designs on this finely brocaded huipil that was woven on a back-strap loom

Sides seams are sewn closed (could be easily opened)

Made by Tona Moss (sp) her mother-in-law approximately 20 years ago

Neck:  6 inches wide by 2

Mayan Indians

Corte - Indigo Morga Skirt from Nahuala Guatemala, girls C_N_067 Backstrap ducks and other bird designsNahuala Girl's Morga Two panel foot loomed indigo girl sized morga (skirt) with hand embroidered randrlsa holding the panels together. Worn by Mayan women in Nahuala, Guatemala the finally woven cotton skirt was probably woven in Nahuala or a neighboring town. I bought the skirt from Maria. One of her family had done the fine embroidered randa that creates a "cross" and hold the two panels together. While the color is a beautiful medium indigo blue,