VIDA NUEVA Zapotec Womens Cooperative

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VIDA NUEVAZapotec Womens Cooperative
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Beginning to work with the wool
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Carding the wool to straighten fibers before
spinning it into yarn
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Dying the wool yarn
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Checking the color of the yarn
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Rinsing the dyed wool
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Samples of wool dyed from natural materials
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Bobbins of wool yarn ready for use on the looms
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Bobbins of yarn on the loom being used to weave
a pattern into a rug
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Weaving a rug on the loom
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Working on fringe at the ends of a rug
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A finished rug in natural colors
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A rug with a traditional pattern
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Another rug with typical Zapotec designs

• Photos by Gary Massoni