Back-strap Weaver all 8 cm (largest)

8 cm (largest)

Hermelinda crafts for these figures costumes out of strips of fabric like the Tiliche charcters from the Putla Villa de Guerrero Carnival wear

an invention by the first generation Oaxacan master carver Ventura Fabian (1938-2019) are continued to be carved by his son Norberto Fabian Xuana and painted by his wife

Wood/Paint/Cotton

Back-strap Weaver all 8 cm (largest)32x18, h. 34 cm Wood Paint Origin Oaxaca Signed This form of weaving is still common in Oaxaca. It is used to make fine, narrow cloth. Gabino shows one weaver at work whereas two or three weaver as might use the same tree to anchor their looms.