Petate de Jade mountains

Petate de Jade mountainsSize of the bag body: 22x24cm; 8. 5x9. 5in Length with handle: 36cm; 14in Hand woven palm bag in San Lorenzo Albarradas. Hand dyed with Xiuhquilitl (Indigo) by Samuel and Magal. Woven fabric by Leonor Lazo Gonzlez (r. i. p) woven with stripes of cochineal, marigolds, pomegranate and indigo dyed yarns. These short straps were woven by my mom in order to reduce warp waste. They were so small that we did not use them for a long time untila Magal moved in

free mandatory schools that their children had to attend

pink and magenta

takes up to seven years to grow and reach maturity

a sound that is the building block for many other words such as Guieæ (rock)

Above the mountains we have smile patterns and rain stripes

8 days absent—takes 584 days

It just so happens that the synodic period of Venus (584 days) relates to the orbital period of the earth (365 days) in a relatively simple ratio of 5:8

I often weave the rain pattern to pray for rain or to celebrate the rain falling upon our lands

Twisted: traditional sturdy zapotec look

The other sound is baà that is found in words like ba'à (grave) or in the word labàá (root)

Lilcoln sheep yarns hand dyed with natural dyes: Béé (Cochineal)

boho style look