Antique Mayan Achí Guatemalan Embroidered Tapestry Wall Hanging
$164.00
This wall hanging is an antique embroidered tapestry created by the Achí people of Guatemala.
We believe this embroidery comes from Baja Verapaz, a region that held Achí speaking Maya people prior to the Chixoy Dam. This hydro-electric project was started during the Guatemalan military dictatorship and the violent civil war between 1976 and 1983. The people from Rio Negro opposed relocation and sought better compensation, therefore the army and paramilitary forces murdered over 440 people, the majority of them women and children. This is now known as the Rio Negro Massacre. The few survivors, only 23 families and a few young people, had to flee to the mountains. Some young men were captured by the army, tortured and then enrolled by force and children were reduced to slavery by the military and paramilitary forces.
It is thought that this wall hanging was created well before the Rio Negro Massacre and is a piece of textile from a time when this Mayan group still inhabited over 1400 acres outside of Rabinal, Guatemala.
This is a very unique and rare tapestry!!
**We try to show all defects/stains/tears to give an accurate description of the vintage item. All items are vintage and if updated or fixed, the description will reflect that. Being as they are vintage/retro items there will almost certainly be some wear and tear present. We see this as evidence of a life well lived and we hope you will see past their imperfections. The vintage items we list are unique and worthy of another lifetime of use.**
We believe this embroidery comes from Baja Verapaz, a region that held Achí speaking Maya people prior to the Chixoy Dam. This hydro-electric project was started during the Guatemalan military dictatorship and the violent civil war between 1976 and 1983. The people from Rio Negro opposed relocation and sought better compensation, therefore the army and paramilitary forces murdered over 440 people, the majority of them women and children. This is now known as the Rio Negro Massacre. The few survivors, only 23 families and a few young people, had to flee to the mountains. Some young men were captured by the army, tortured and then enrolled by force and children were reduced to slavery by the military and paramilitary forces.
It is thought that this wall hanging was created well before the Rio Negro Massacre and is a piece of textile from a time when this Mayan group still inhabited over 1400 acres outside of Rabinal, Guatemala.
This is a very unique and rare tapestry!!
**We try to show all defects/stains/tears to give an accurate description of the vintage item. All items are vintage and if updated or fixed, the description will reflect that. Being as they are vintage/retro items there will almost certainly be some wear and tear present. We see this as evidence of a life well lived and we hope you will see past their imperfections. The vintage items we list are unique and worthy of another lifetime of use.**
This wall hanging is an antique embroidered tapestry created by the Achí people of Guatemala.
We believe this embroidery comes from Baja Verapaz, a region that held Achí speaking Maya people prior to the Chixoy Dam. This hydro-electric project was started during the Guatemalan military dictatorship and the violent civil war between 1976 and 1983. The people from Rio Negro opposed relocation and sought better compensation, therefore the army and paramilitary forces murdered over 440 people, the majority of them women and children. This is now known as the Rio Negro Massacre. The few survivors, only 23 families and a few young people, had to flee to the mountains. Some young men were captured by the army, tortured and then enrolled by force and children were reduced to slavery by the military and paramilitary forces.
It is thought that this wall hanging was created well before the Rio Negro Massacre and is a piece of textile from a time when this Mayan group still inhabited over 1400 acres outside of Rabinal, Guatemala.
This is a very unique and rare tapestry!!
**We try to show all defects/stains/tears to give an accurate description of the vintage item. All items are vintage and if updated or fixed, the description will reflect that. Being as they are vintage/retro items there will almost certainly be some wear and tear present. We see this as evidence of a life well lived and we hope you will see past their imperfections. The vintage items we list are unique and worthy of another lifetime of use.**
We believe this embroidery comes from Baja Verapaz, a region that held Achí speaking Maya people prior to the Chixoy Dam. This hydro-electric project was started during the Guatemalan military dictatorship and the violent civil war between 1976 and 1983. The people from Rio Negro opposed relocation and sought better compensation, therefore the army and paramilitary forces murdered over 440 people, the majority of them women and children. This is now known as the Rio Negro Massacre. The few survivors, only 23 families and a few young people, had to flee to the mountains. Some young men were captured by the army, tortured and then enrolled by force and children were reduced to slavery by the military and paramilitary forces.
It is thought that this wall hanging was created well before the Rio Negro Massacre and is a piece of textile from a time when this Mayan group still inhabited over 1400 acres outside of Rabinal, Guatemala.
This is a very unique and rare tapestry!!
**We try to show all defects/stains/tears to give an accurate description of the vintage item. All items are vintage and if updated or fixed, the description will reflect that. Being as they are vintage/retro items there will almost certainly be some wear and tear present. We see this as evidence of a life well lived and we hope you will see past their imperfections. The vintage items we list are unique and worthy of another lifetime of use.**
This wall hanging is an antique embroidered tapestry created by the Achí people of Guatemala.
We believe this embroidery comes from Baja Verapaz, a region that held Achí speaking Maya people prior to the Chixoy Dam. This hydro-electric project was started during the Guatemalan military dictatorship and the violent civil war between 1976 and 1983. The people from Rio Negro opposed relocation and sought better compensation, therefore the army and paramilitary forces murdered over 440 people, the majority of them women and children. This is now known as the Rio Negro Massacre. The few survivors, only 23 families and a few young people, had to flee to the mountains. Some young men were captured by the army, tortured and then enrolled by force and children were reduced to slavery by the military and paramilitary forces.
It is thought that this wall hanging was created well before the Rio Negro Massacre and is a piece of textile from a time when this Mayan group still inhabited over 1400 acres outside of Rabinal, Guatemala.
This is a very unique and rare tapestry!!
**We try to show all defects/stains/tears to give an accurate description of the vintage item. All items are vintage and if updated or fixed, the description will reflect that. Being as they are vintage/retro items there will almost certainly be some wear and tear present. We see this as evidence of a life well lived and we hope you will see past their imperfections. The vintage items we list are unique and worthy of another lifetime of use.**
We believe this embroidery comes from Baja Verapaz, a region that held Achí speaking Maya people prior to the Chixoy Dam. This hydro-electric project was started during the Guatemalan military dictatorship and the violent civil war between 1976 and 1983. The people from Rio Negro opposed relocation and sought better compensation, therefore the army and paramilitary forces murdered over 440 people, the majority of them women and children. This is now known as the Rio Negro Massacre. The few survivors, only 23 families and a few young people, had to flee to the mountains. Some young men were captured by the army, tortured and then enrolled by force and children were reduced to slavery by the military and paramilitary forces.
It is thought that this wall hanging was created well before the Rio Negro Massacre and is a piece of textile from a time when this Mayan group still inhabited over 1400 acres outside of Rabinal, Guatemala.
This is a very unique and rare tapestry!!
**We try to show all defects/stains/tears to give an accurate description of the vintage item. All items are vintage and if updated or fixed, the description will reflect that. Being as they are vintage/retro items there will almost certainly be some wear and tear present. We see this as evidence of a life well lived and we hope you will see past their imperfections. The vintage items we list are unique and worthy of another lifetime of use.**