Photos courtesy of Brooklyn Children's Museum, Leon V. Kofod Slide Collection
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This mola was made in Panama, by a Cuna Indian woman on
the island of San Blas. It shows a traditional bird design
from this region.
Each color in the mola comes from a
different layer of fabric showing through. How many layers
are there?
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This Guatemalan girl is weaving on a backstrap
loom. One end of the loom is attached to a tree or post, and
the other end is tied around her back.
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By moving back and forth, she creates tension in the loom,
allowing her to weave threads through and form the pattern.
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A backstrap loom can be used to weave textiles like
this one, made in Guatemala. To some Guatemalan weavers,
stripes like these represent the straight rows of plants in
the field.
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