Chichicastenango cargador. (carrying cloth)

Hand woven on a back-strap loom in two warp-striped cotton panels joined by a hand embroidered decorative seam. Each panel is decorated with zoomorphic forms in supplementary brocade. It’s design is like a usually-smaller tzute, but its size pushes it into the cargador category. Pre-2000. It is in very good condition. Acquired from Sra. Ana Carolina Ajanel at her “tienda” in Chichicastenango. W 115 x L 220 cm. (23-58) $ 300 or best offer.