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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 10417213, member: 45&quot;]Chimayo weaving is one of the most misunderstood and misidentified styles of weaving, even though it has been made since the Spanish settled in the area around what is now Chimayo, New Mexico, in the 1600s.&nbsp; (New Mexico has been a U.S. state since 1912, for those &quot;unaware.&quot;)</p><p><br /></p><p>If you want a reference to confirm, see the website for the Spanish Colonial Arts Society which has contact links for information:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.spanishcolonial.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.spanishcolonial.org/" rel="nofollow">https://www.spanishcolonial.org/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Or if you ever go to the Santa Fe area, visit Ortega&#039;s Weaving Shop in Chimayo (about 30 miles away).&nbsp; Paul Ortega manages the shop now, the eighth generation of the family of weavers to own the shop started by his Spanish ancestors.&nbsp; He can fill you in on the history, and how generations of Spanish weavers are insulted when their weaving is called either &quot;Mexican&quot; or &quot;Native American.&quot;&nbsp; It is neither.&nbsp; It is Hispanic.</p><p><br /></p><p>The definitive printed reference on the subject is the book &quot;Chimayo Weaving, the Transformation of a Tradition&quot; co-authored by Helen R. Lucero, &quot;the&quot; recognized authority on Chimayo weaving.</p><p><br /></p><p>The internet is now full of Chimayo weavings, identified (and sold) as Native American.&nbsp; And now with the use of AI, the problem seems to be increasing. At least on that website so many of us used to belong to![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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