San Mateo de Mar - The Huaves are a small indigenous group who live in a protected area surrounded by Zapotec and Zoque towns. They actually live on a peninsula that forms part of the bay near Salina Cruz. They have adopted the day to day dress of the nearby Zapotec, but have a wonderful hand woven costume that is traditional with purple dyed brocade huipil. Recently there has been a movement to save the weaving in the villages and they name weave table cloths, bags, napkins, curtains and tortilla cloths using traditional designs.

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Huave geometric design woven on back strap loom		 weaving6
Huave designs, from a weaving collective formed to save weaving in the village 		weaving7
A crab design and dog design, woven on a back strap loom.
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A back strap loom woven wrap skirt traditionally worn in San Mateo del Mar		 wrapskirt
The wrap skirt is 3 yards long shown here folded.