The picture below is from the exhibits at the La Azotea museum in Antigua Guatemala, with the description provided in Spanish first, and then with a conversion into the English language.
SAN ANTONIO AGUAS CALIENTES
Elevacion: 1500 m; Hhabitants: 9,500
Situado en las faldas del volcán de Acatenango, es uno de los pocos pueblos que todavía tejen en telar de cintura. Originalmente empleaban solo formas geométricas y tintes naturales. A mediados de 1800 se comenzó a importar tintes químicos de Alemania, mucho mejores y firmes que los naturales. Importaban, y aun lo hacen, hilos y sedalina con muestrarios de pájaros y flores que aquí no existen y los copiaban en sus trajes. Hoy día usan tanto los geométricos como los pájaros entremezclados.
SAN ANTONIO AGUAS CALIENTES
Altitude: 4950 feet – Inhabitants: 9,500
Located on the slopes of Acatenango volcano, this is one of the few villages where women still weave on a backstrap loom. Originally they weaved geometric patterns with natural dyes. Around the middle 1800’s, Guatemala started importing chemical dyes. The threads that were also imported, came with sample patterns of birds and flowers which did not exist here. However they were much liked by the weavers who incorporated them into the weaving. Today they intermix birds and geometric patterns in their designs.
