Mayan Embroidery

The so-called Mayan Indians live primarily in Southern Mexico and Guatemala and other nations of Central America. The term "Maya" is a collective term that refers to a diverse group of people who are related linguistically and culturally but each have their own language and culture. There is no real way to distinguish whether or not a person is "Mayan" and any attribution to Mayan culture is tentative at best. Used in this context, it means that these extraordinary embroideries were made by indigenous residents somewhere in Central America. Imagine spending the time to do something like this in our own culture here in the U.S.