Product Description
Zunil 102" x 1"
**pom poms with tassels and additional 13"
Originally part of Mayan women's traditional dress and typically worn as hair ribbons, this long narrow tapestry if filled with color and complex designs of Guatemalan weaving.
This cinta from the town of Zunil. Women wear this style of cinta in their hair as part of their outfit. This cinta is finely hand woven with mayan figures that represent the colorful daily life along with diamonds and zigzags representing the mountains and rivers of Guatemala running the full length of the cinta.
This hair ribbon is a weft-faced weavings woven on narrow floor looms. This style of cinta can takes about two weeks to weave.
