Purepecha Rebozo Shawl with Silk Fringe — Backstrap Loom Woven Cotton, Michoacán Mexico Handicrafts Is this real silver

Is this real silver

"productionDate": "1940"

The silversmith who made this necklace in Oaxaca during the 1980s was working in a tradition that had already survived five centuries

Wear it alone on a bare wrist where the form can be seen clearly

where the craft had to be good enough to compete in foreign markets that knew what quality looked like

Purepecha Rebozo Shawl with Silk Fringe — Backstrap Loom Woven Cotton, Michoacán Mexico Handicrafts Is this real silverThirty days of weaving. Five hundred years of knowing how. This Purepecha rebozo from Michoacn takes approximately one month to make not as a marketing claim, but as a simple fact of the telar de cintura, the backstrap loom that has produced this textile for generations. The artisan who made it is known for her color combinations: the way she selects and sequences hues is what makes each piece feel composed rather than manufactured. At each end, she