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Hispanic Pictorial Weaving
Irvin Trujillo
1986
Chimayó, New Mexico

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This weaving was produced by Irvin Trujillo of Chimayó, New Mexico. Trujillo (b. 1954) is shown here at one of his treadle looms in his workshop in Chimayó. 
 
Members of the Trujillo family have been important weavers within the Chimayó tradition for seven generations. Irvin Trujillo was taught to weave as a child by his father Jacobo "Jake" Trujillo (right).

Top: Irvin Trujillo, 1989, Chimayó, New Mexico. Image courtesy of Irvin Trujillo
Bottom: Jacobo "Jake" Trujillo at loom, 1944, San Francisco, California. Image courtesy of Irvin Trujillo

 
 
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