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The last thing I need is another textile from Guatemala. But I love the soft, neutral palette of the Madre Tierra Collection from Mayan Hands so much that I had to share the link. Mayan Hands, as you probably know, is a fair trade non-profit that partners with more than 200 women artisans in 15 communities in the Guatemalan Highlands.
Although I most often buy in Guatemala directly from the artist, I’ve purchased online from Mayan Hands and can vouch for the quality of their merchandise. Just in time for the holidays.
I know I’ve posted videos before of the Giant Kite Festival in Sumpango, Guatemala for Day of the Dead. But witnessing it some years ago made such a huge impression on me: the beauty of the kites, the feeling of comradery among the builders, the gorgeous lush valley where the festival takes place. I set one of the scenes in my novel Mother Mother at the kite festival. The memory was so vivid I knew I had to incorporate it somehow.
A stone carving of a bird headdress looted from a Mayan archaeological site in northwestern Guatemala in the 1960s ended up in the hands of a private collector in France. In 2019, the work was slated for sale at auction in Paris for an estimated $27,000 to $39,000.
Guatemala and Mexico objected to the sale and negotiations ensued. Ultimately, the private collector decided to return the artifact to Guatemala and on Monday, UNESCO held a ceremony to mark its return. The carving will be installed at the National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology in Guatemala City.
As the article on CNN Style notes, this repatriation comes at a time of reckoning for museums and galleries, as questions mount about how and when they acquired cultural objects and works of art.
From the article:
“The voluntary handover of this fragment of a Mayan stela to its homeland in Guatemala showcases the evolution of the international environment in favour of the return of emblematic cultural objects and artefacts to their homelands under UNESCO’s guidance over the last 50 years,” UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay said in a statement.
“It also shows the importance of the UNESCO 1970 Convention in fighting the illicit trafficking of cultural objects. This success story has been possible thanks to international cooperation and a private collector’s goodwill; it is a model for others to follow.”
