@SFOMuseum Twitter Posts Tagged empoweringthreads This is SFO Museum's archive of the @SFOMuseum Twitter account. There are 58 posts and this is page 5 of 5. See all the tags or all the Twitter posts that have been archived so far.

The backstrap loom is a simple device capable of producing exquisite textiles in the hands of a skilled weaver. #empoweringthreads This tweet was posted on September 27, 2017.

#Indigenous #Mayan women from #Chiapas, #Mexico have woven on #backstrap #looms for centuries. #empoweringthreads This tweet was posted on September 27, 2017.

Currently on display, we have "#EmpoweringThreads" featuring traditional textiles woven by indigenous #Mayan women. https://t.co/fiwRUY90zl https://t.co/cOsPpkmjtD This tweet was posted on September 13, 2017.

Learn more about "#EmpoweringThreads: Textiles of Jolom Mayaetik" on display, pre-security, in the Intl Terminal. https://t.co/fiwRUXRpHN This tweet was posted on August 31, 2017.

This tapestry contains more than 134 bands of pattern, from new symbols to ancient Mayan symbols from antiquity. #EmpoweringThreads This tweet was posted on August 31, 2017.

The muestrario on display was woven and embroidered as an updated, visual catalog by Magdalena López López from 2014–16. #EmpoweringThreads This tweet was posted on August 31, 2017.

Weavers keep sample textiles known as muestras as a reference to symbols and designs. #EmpoweringThreads This tweet was posted on August 31, 2017.

See "#EmpoweringThreads: #Textiles of Jolom Mayaetik" on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/fiwRUXRpHN This tweet was posted on August 25, 2017.

We're getting ready to install our newest exhibition "#EmpoweringThreads: Textiles of Jolom Mayaetik", opening soon, pre-security, in the IT This tweet was posted on August 14, 2017.

See "#EmpoweringThreads: Textiles of Jolom Mayaetik" opening next week, pre-security, in the International Terminal. #mayan #textiles This tweet was posted on August 10, 2017.