The Maya weavers worked mainly with cotton, which had to be washed and picked clean of seeds. This was hard work! Cotton was associated with richer people. The cotton was often dyed to make multi ...

For millennia, the Maya people of Guatemala have been practising a unique agricultural system that fuses sustainability, climate resilience and environmental preservation.

"These faces, these portraits, look at us from the past. Their gaze transports us to the royal court of the ancient and ...

The bold colored, heavily embroidered flowers and swirl patterns are normally used by Mayan women on loose-fitting, calf-length white cotton shifts that are ideal for the region’s heat.

A 216-page book released this year offers a history lesson, context and perhaps most important, the real voices of indigenous Guatemalan women living and working in Nebraska.

This wall painting features musicians in European clothing on the left and a dancer in a traditional feathered cape on the right. R. Słaboński et al. In 2003, home renovations in a Guatemalan ...

LSU Textile Museum's current exhibition “Trajé, Maya Textile Artistry,” is delves into the textile history of the Maya culture. The exhibit closes Aug. 30.

The fast-fashion online clothing seller Shein has dropped an embroidered floral blouse after the Mexican government complained it appropriated designs made for generations by Mayan women on Mexico ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The fast-fashion online clothing seller Shein said Thursday it has dropped an embroidered floral blouse after the Mexican government complained it appropriated designs made ...