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Mayo Sarape
ca. 1960
Sonora, Mexico

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Mayo coupleThis photograph, taken around 1982 in Mexico, shows a Mayo couple waiting for a ride to take their cobijas and pottery to market to sell.

Starting around 1950, the Mayo did less weaving, as inexpensive machine-made blankets became available. In the 1970s, however, the high prices of handwoven textiles made by Navajo and Hispanic weavers in the United States created a demand for Mayo weavings. In response, the Mayos improved the quality of their sarapes and cobijas, introducing new designs or reviving old ones, and reintroducing the use of natural dyes. 

Top: Mayo couple, ca. 1982, El Rincón, Sinaloa. Photographer: Eugene H. Boudreau. National Anthropological Archives, Smtihsonian Institution, Boudreau Collection, Photo Lot 99-47

 
 
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