A long scarf laid flat on a textured cream background, featuring a multicolor patterned section with tassels and solid deep burgundy ends and tassels.
Close-up of two long embroidered decorative straps laid on a cream textured fabric background. The straps feature colorful bird motifs in pink, blue, teal, orange, yellow, green, and purple on a deep burgundy base.
A long burgundy ribbon or strap laid flat on a textured cream surface, with two narrow embroidered vertical panels near the top showing multicolored floral and geometric patterns. The ribbon ends are fringed and the main body is solid burgundy.

Santiago Atitlán Bird Cinta Tocoyal

$79.00

Celebrate the textile artistry of Santiago Atitlán with this one-of-a-kind vintage cinta, or Tocoyal. Woven on a rich burgundy ground, its embroidered section is filled with colorful birds in turquoise, pink, orange, yellow, green, blue, black, and cream, finished with long burgundy tassels at both ends.

A Tocoyal is a long decorative hair ribbon associated with traditional Maya dress. This piece can be wrapped around the hair as a traditional headband, styled as a distinctive belt, or displayed as textile art.

From Santiago Atitlán

Santiago Atitlán is a Tz’utujil Maya community on the shores of Lake Atitlán in Guatemala. The village is known for vibrant textile artistry featuring birds and imagery inspired by the natural world surrounding the lake. The many bird motifs give this cinta a character closely connected to its place of origin.

Learn more about the history and meaning of Tocoyales in Guatemala.

Details

  • Vintage Santiago Atitlán cinta or Tocoyal
  • Burgundy woven ground with multicolored embroidered birds
  • Long plain woven section for wrapping
  • Burgundy tassels at both ends
  • Approximately 94 inches long
  • Approximately 36 inches of embroidered bird designs
  • Can be worn as a hair wrap or headband, styled as a belt, or displayed as textile art
  • One-of-a-kind Guatemalan Maya textile
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