 A Selected List of
Handicraft-Producing
Small to Medium-size Mexican Towns
BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR:
- El Triunfo; 25 miles S
of La Paz on Mex 1 -- palm- frond placemats, shell work
- Miraflores; 20 miles N
of San José del Cabo on Mex 1 -- leatherwork
CAMPECHE:
- Becal; 43 miles NE of
Campeche on Mex 180 -- Panama hats and many other items of palm frond
- Calkiní; 40 miles NE of
Campeche on Mex 180 -- wooden furniture, embroidered cotton huipiles and blouses
- Champotón; 34 miles S
of Campeche on Mex 180 -- wooden furniture, items of conch shell and shark teeth
- Dzibalchén; 80 miles
ESE of Campeche -- embroidered huipiles and blouses, worked leather
- Hecelchacán; 40 miles
NE of Campeche on Mex 180 -- embroidered huipiles, armchairs of mahogany and
leather
- Pomuch; 29 miles NE of
Campeche City on Mex 180 -- an especially delicious, sweet, spongy bread
CHIAPAS:
- Amatenango del Valle; 20
miles SE of San Cristóbal de las Casas on Mex 190 -- primitive pottery, clay animal
figurines
- Bochil; about 50 miles
NE of Tuxtla Gutiérrez on Mex 195 -- pottery, textiles, palm-frond baskets and hats
- Chalchihuitán; 15
air-miles N of San Cristóbal -- native clothing, yarn, pottery
- Chenalhó; 12 air-miles
N of San Cristóbal -- native clothing
- Chiapa de Corzo; 9 miles
E of Tuxtla Gutiérrez on Mex 190 -- lacquerware
- Ixtapa; about 30 miles E
of Tuxtla Gutiérrez on Mex 199 -- pottery, textiles, masks, straw baskets and hats
- Jitotol; about 60 miles
NE of Tuxtla Gutiérrez on Mex 195 -- pottery, textiles, palm-frond baskets and hats
- Las Margaritas; 13 miles
ENE of Comitán -- embroidered shirts
- Larrainzar; about 8
air-miles NW of San Cristóbal -- cotton and woven woolen items
- Mitontic; 8 air-miles N
of San Cristóbal -- textiles, native clothing, pottery
- Ocosingo; midway San
Cristóbal and Palenque, on Mex 199 -- cheese, especially queso de bola
- Ocozocuautla; 22 miles W
of Tuxtla Gutiérrez on Mex 190 -- light- cotton huipiles and men's shirts,
pottery, baskets
- Palenque; near ruins in
NE Chiapas -- reproductions of Maya glyphs and artifacts
- Pantelhó; about 20
air-miles NNE of San Cristóbal -- cotton and woven woolen items
- Pijijiapan; on Mex 200
along Pacific Coast, midway Tonalá and Tapachula -- leather bags, belts, saddles
- Pueblo Nuevo Solistahuacan;
about 70 miles NNE of Tuxtla Gutiérrez on Mex 195 -- pottery, woven woolen textiles,
baskets
Rosa Ruiz selling Comandante Marcos dolls in
the Zócalo of San Cristobal de las Casas
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- San Cristóbal de las Casas
-- hand-woven textiles, metalware, pottery, etc.
- San Juan Chamula; 8 miles NW of San
Cristóbal -- yarn, hand-woven textiles, dolls in Tzotzil dress
- Santo Tomás Oxchuc; 24 miles ENE of San
Cristóbal on Mex 199 -- woolen and cotton huipiles
- Simojovel de Allende; about 70 miles NE of
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, side road off Mex 195 -- amber jewelry
- Tenejapa; about 10 miles NE of San
Cristóbal -- cotton and woolen items, palm-frond hats, leatherwork
- Teopisca; 17 miles SE of
San Cristóbal on Mex 190 -- small, embroidered silk bags
- Zinacantán; about 8
miles W of San Cristóbal -- cotton and woven woolen items, musical instruments, leather
sandals, baskets, palm-frond hats
CHIHUAHUA:
- Batópilas; southern
Copper Canyon Natural Park -- wooden masks
- Caborachic; about 75
air-miles W of Parral -- glazed pottery
- Casas Grandes; 200 SW of
Ciudad Juárez on Mex 18 -- polychrome household pottery
- Chínipas; deep in
mountains about 175 air-miles WSW of Chihuahua - - embroidery
- El Divisadero; on rail
line overlooking Copper Canyon -- Tarahumara Indians in area produce weavings, pine-needle
baskets, musical instruments, and other handcrafted items
- Samachique; central area
of Copper Canyon Natural Park -- wooden masks, musical instruments made by Tarahumara
Indians
COLIMA:
- Comalá; 10 miles NW of
Colima -- handmade furniture, fabulous bird designs
DURANGO:
- Vicente Guerrero; 43
miles SE of Durango on Mex 45 -- pottery
GUANAJUATO:
- Apaseo El Alto; about 7
miles E of Celaya on Mex 45 -- woven woolen goods, worked wood
- Comonfort; 20 miles N of
Celaya on Mex 51 -- wooden furniture, metates (curved grinding stone)
- Coroneo; 20 miles E of
Acámbaro on Mex 120 -- decorated pottery, woolen blankets
- Juventino Rosas; about
10 miles WNW of Celaya -- toys, masks
- Manuel Doblado; 50 miles
W of Irapuato just off Mex 41 -- fancy charro and palm-frond hats
- Moroleón; about 30
miles S of Salamanca just off Mex 43 -- glazed pottery, woolen serapes and rebozos
- Ocampo; 16 miles SE of
Ojuelos de Jalisco, Jalisco on Mex 51 -- woolen serapes
- Pozos; five miles SE of
San Luis de la Paz on Mex 46 -- largely a ghost town producing drawn-thread silver
- San Diego de la Unión;
25 miles NNE of Dolores Hidalgo -- woven woolen goods, earthen flowerpots
- San Felipe; 33 miles NW
of Dolores Hidalgo on Mex 51 -- glazed pottery
- San Francisco del Rincón;
15 miles SW of León -- hats
- Tierra Blanca; in
mountains on bad road 35 air-miles ENE of San Miguel de Allende -- palm-frond and fancy charro
hats
- Uriangato; about 27
miles S of Salamanca on Mex 43 -- cotton rebozos
- Valle de Santiago; about
25 miles S of Salamanca on Mex 43 -- cotton rebozos
GUERRERO:
- Acapetlahuaya; 60 miles
W of Iguala, side road off Mex 51 -- pottery, metal and painted wooden and masks,
lacquerware
- Acatlán; 40 miles ENE
of Chilpancingo -- hand-loomed and shawls, hand-embroidered shirts, polychrome clay toys
- Ayutla; 60 miles ENE of
Acapulco, side road off Mex 200 -- engraved steel machetes
- Chilapa; 34 miles E of
Chilpancingo -- glazed pottery, cotton rebozos, baskets and reed bags, painted
wooden masks
- Ixcateopan; 16 miles W
of Taxco -- hand-embroidered cotton clothing, wooden furniture
- Olinalá; mountains 50
air-miles ENE of Chilpancingo -- lacquered gourds and boxes, wooden furniture
- Ometepec; 130 miles E of
Acapulco, side road off Mex 200 -- pottery
- Petatlán; 25 miles ESE
of Zihuatanejo -- pottery
- San Marcos; 40 miles E
of Acapulco on Mex 200 -- horn figurines
- Teloloapan; 37 miles W
of Iguala on Mex 51 -- painted wooden masks, toys and animal figurines of clay, lacquered
items
- Tixtla; 15 miles E of
Chilpancingo -- pottery
- Tlacoachixtlahuaca;
mountains 140 miles E of Acapulco, 23 miles NE of Ometepec -- cotton huipiles and
blouses, horn and leather hilts for machetes and knives
- Tlapa; 110 miles E of
Chilpancingo -- pottery, painted wooden masks, lacquered gourds
- Tlapehuala; 100 miles E
of Iguala on Mex 51 -- pottery, palm-frond hats
- Xalitla; 35 miles S of
Iguala on Mex 95 -- pottery, painted animal figurines, bark paintings
- Xochistlahuaca; 3 miles
E of Tlacoachixtlahuaca (see above) -- cotton huipiles, tablecloths, and napkins
- Zacualpan; 40 miles WNW
of Acapulco on Mex 200 -- pottery, cotton huipiles
HIDALGO:
- Acatlán; 7 miles NW of
Tulancingo -- white glazed pottery, brooms, mats, and baskets of agave fiber
- Acaxochitlán; 14 miles
ENE of Tulancingo on Mex 130 -- woolen serapes, embroidered cotton blouses
- Actopan; 22 miles NW of
Pachuca on Mex 85 -- embroidered items such as tablecloths, also bookmarks, leather
sandals
- Agua Blanca; mountains
about 15 air-miles N of Tulancingo -- cotton rebozos
- Chapantongo; about 20
air-miles N of ruins of Tula -- household pottery, reed baskets, crude wooden chairs with
palm-frond seats
- El Mezquital; about 30
miles NW of Pachuca on Mex 85 between Actopan and Ixmiquilpan -- embroidered clothing
- Huejutla; 100 miles SW
of Tampico on Mex 105 -- wooden furniture and masks, leather sandals, palm-frond hats and
baskets, traditional clothing, woolen items
- Huichapan; 80 miles WNW
of Pachuca on Mex 45 -- hand-embroidered napkins, handkerchiefs, and tablecloths
- Ixmiquilpan; 50 miles NW
of Pachuca on Mex 85 -- household pottery, cotton and woolen clothing, reed baskets,
wooden furniture, leather sandals, miniatures inlaid with shell
- Metztitlán; side road
off Mex 105, 45 miles N of Pachuca -- earthenware, baskets of various local fibers
- Molango; 80 miles N of
Pachuca on Mex 105 -- leather machete and knife sheathes, pistol holsters, ornamental
ironwork
- Orizabita; 60 miles NW
of Pachuca, side road off Mex 85 -- baskets and sandals of various local fibers, rustic
wooden furniture
- Tasquillo; 60 miles NW
of Pachuca just off Mex 85 -- baskets of various local fibers
- Tecozautla; 85 miles WNW
of Pachuca, side road off Mex 45 -- hats, baskets
- Tianguistengo; 70 miles
N of Pachuca, side road off Mex 105 -- ornamental cut paper
- Zacualtipán; 60 miles N
of Pachuca on Mex 105 -- leatherwork, shoes
- Zimapán; 65 miles NW of
Pachuca, side road off Mex 85 -- sandals and bags of agave fiber
JALISCO:
- Ajijic; northwestern
shore of Lake Chapala, 30 miles S of Guadalajara -- woolen serapes, embroidery
- Arandas; on Mex 41, 80
miles ENE of Guadalajara -- woolen serapes
- Atemajac; 40 miles SW of
Guadalajara, about 5 miles W of Zacoalco -- earthenware,
- Chapala; 30 miles S of
Guadalajara -- copies of prehispanic artifacts
- Encarnación de Días;
25 miles S of Aguascalientes on Mex 45, -- embroidery
- Jalostotitlán; 80 miles
NE of Guadalajara on Mex 80 -- colonial- style furniture, large chests
- Jocotepec; westernmost
point of Lake Chapala, 30 miles S of Guadalajara - - woven black and white serapes
- Tecolotlán; 65 miles SW
of Guadalajara on Mex 80 -- saddles
- Teocaltiche; 40 miles SW
of Aguascalientes -- wooden chess and domino sets, bone buttons, woolen serapes, cotton rebozos
- Tepatitlán; 30 miles
ENE of Guadalajara on Mex 80 -- pineapple- shaped pulque containers, marimbas
- Tequila; 40 miles WNW of
Guadalajara on Mex 15 -- huipiles, woven belts, wooden utensils
- Tlaquepaque; eastern
suburb of Guadalajara -- blown glass, pottery (especially large, colorful jars), silver
items, embroidery, saddles, brass animal figures, papier-mƒ;ché
- Tonalá; southeastern
suburb of Guadalajara -- pottery, papier- mƒ;ché, cobalt-blue glassware, embroidery
- Tuxcacuesco; mountains
between Ciudad Guzmán and Autlán -- glazed pottery
- Tuxpan; about 15 miles
SE of Ciudad Guzmán -- painted clay toys, textiles
- Zacoalco; about 40 miles
SSW of Guadalajara on Mex 54 -- furniture of leather and wood
- Guadalajara; worked
stone
MÉXICO:
- Acolman; 15 miles NE of
Mexico City on Mex 132 -- traditional silver jewelry, baskets, copies of prehispanic
artifacts
- Almoloya de Juárez; 22
miles NW of Toluca, side road off Mex 15 - cotton and woolen textiles, embroidery
- Ameyalco; 22 miles E of
Toluca, side road off Mex 15 -- cotton and woolen bedspreads, rebozos, and small
carpets
- Coatepec Harinas; 50
miles S of Toluca, side road off Mex 550 -- woolen and cotton textiles
- Cuautitlán; 20 miles N
of Mexico City, passing through Tlalnepantla -- glazed pottery, cotton and woolen textiles
- Gualupita Yanhuitlalpan;
24 miles ESE of Toluca, on eastern limit of Santiago Tianguistengo -- woven wool items
- Ixtapan de la Sal; 50
miles S of Toluca on Mex 55 -- glazed pottery and toys, wooden items
- Ixtlahuaca; 25 miles NNW
of Toluca on Mex 55 -- woolen textiles, traditional silver jewelry
- Jilotepec; about 60
miles NW of Mexico City on Mex 9 -- woolen textiles, household pottery, rustic furniture
- Joquicingo; 30 miles SSE
of Toluca, side road off Mex 55 -- woolen textiles, traditional silver jewelry
- Metepec; 3 miles SE of
Toluca on Mex 55 -- ";Tree of Life"; clay objects, gaudily painted clay
figurines, glazed pottery, many other items
- Otumba; 3 miles E of
Teotihuacan pyramids -- clay copies of prehispanic figurines
- Ozumba; 5 miles S of
Amecameca, side road off Mex 115 -- glazed pottery, leathercraft, woolen items, fireworks
- San Felipe del Progreso;
35 miles NNW of Toluca on Mex 4 -- silver items, cotton and woolen textiles, pottery
- San Martín de las Pirámides;
on eastern side of Teotihuacan pyramids -- stonework
- San Mateo Atenco; 11
miles E of Toluca -- shoes made of synthetic materials, woolen items
- San Miguel de Chiconcuac;
northwestern suburb of Texcoco -- ";Texcoco"; serapes
- Santiago Tianguistengo;
24 miles ESE of Toluca -- woolen serapes, baskets, metates, pottery
- Soyaniquilpan; about 65
miles NW of Mexico City on Mex 9 -- woolen textiles, embroidery
- Temascalcingo; 65 miles
NW of Toluca, side road off Mex 55D -- glazed and unglazed pottery
- Tenancingo de Degollado;
30 miles S of Toluca on Mex 55 -- wood and palm furniture, rebozos
- Tepetlaoxtoc; about 7
miles NE of Texcoco, side road off Mex 136 -- cotton and woolen textiles, rustic furniture
- Tepetlixpa; 5 miles S of
Amecameca on Mex 115 -- glazed pottery, cotton and woolen handicraft
- Tepotzotlán; 25 miles N
of Mexico City, through Tlalnepantla -- woolen items
- Texcoco; ceramics, blown
glass, serapes; glass blowing can be viewed at Vidrio Texcoco opposite the Palacio
Municipal
- Tonatico; 55 miles S of
Toluca on Mex 55 -- glazed pottery, clay toys, baskets
- Tultepec; about 25 miles
N of Mexico City passing through Tlalnepantla -- garden furniture made of reeds
- Valle de Bravo; 50 miles
W of Toluca on Mex 1 -- glazed pottery, woolen serapes and blankets, silver jewelry
- Zacualpan; mountains 65
miles SSW of Toluca -- woolen jorongos (sleeveless Indian jackets), silver jewelry
MICHOACÁN:
- Angahuan; mountains 10
air-miles NW of
- Uruapan; cotton rebozos,
woolen items
- Carapan; 35 miles N of
Uruapan on Mex 37 -- woolen and cotton items, wooden furniture
- Charapán; mountains 15
air-miles WNW of
- Uruapan; woolen items,
clay pottery
- Erongarícuro;
southwestern shore of Lago Pátzcuaro -- woolen and cotton rebozos, glazed
earthenware
- Huandacareo; western
shore of Lago de Cuitzeo -- glazed clay toys
- Huetamo; 110 miles S of
Zitácuaro on Mex 49 -- gold jewelry, leather sandals
- Maravatío; 85 miles ENE
of Morelia -- furniture of wood and reed
- Opopeo; 10 miles S of
Pátzcuaro -- cotton huipiles, embroidered blouses
- Paracho; 15 miles N of
Uruapan on Mex 37 -- stringed musical instruments, woven woolen items, wooden trays and
chess sets
- Pátzcuaro; traditional
silver jewelry, artistic candles, toys of wood and cloth, lacquered and cotton items,
religious items
- Purépero; 50 miles N of
Uruapan on Mex 37 -- hand-embroidered cotton shirts, embossed leather items
- Puruándiro; 80 miles NW
of Morelia -- leather sandals
- Quiroga; 27 miles W of
Morelia on Mex 15 -- musical instruments, leather goods, lacquered items, wooden toys
- Tinguindín; about 35
miles SW of Zamora -- wooden lamps and trays
- Tlalpujahua; on border
of Michoacán and México states 65 miles NW of Toluca -- Christmas tree ornaments,
ceramics
- Tzintzuntzan; 10 miles
NE of Pátzcuaro -- glazed,hand-painted pottery, woodcarvings, reed mats produced by
Tarascan Indians
- Villa Escalante; 10
miles SW of Pátzcuaro -- copper handicrafts
- Zinapécuaro; 30 miles
NE of Morelia on Mex 120 -- fine toys and flowerpots of glazed clay
- Zirahuén; about 18
miles SW of Pátzcuaro -- dolls of wood and cloth
MORELOS:
- Acatlipa; 10 miles S of
Cuernavaca on Mex 95 -- ceramics
- Amacuzac; 25 miles S of
Cuernavaca at exit of Mex 95D -- wooden furniture, leatherwork
- Huajintlán; 25 miles
SSW of Cuernavaca on Mex 95 -- items made from gourds, macrame
- Huitzilac; about 25
miles N of Cuernavaca, side road off Mex 95 - wooden furniture, miniatures of tree spines
- Tepoztlán; 13 miles NE
of Cuernavaca, side road off Mex 115D -- masks and tiny houses of carved of tree spines,
glass items decorated with leather
- Tetela del Volcán;
mountains 20 miles ENE of Cuautla -- various Indian crafts
- Tilzapotla; mountains 30
miles S of Cuernavaca -- wooden miniatures
- Tlayacapan; 28 miles ENE
of Cuernavaca, side road off Mex 115D -- pottery, clay figurines
NAYARIT:
- Amatlán de Cañas;
about 30 miles S of Ixtlán del Río on Mex 29 -- leatherwork
- Huajicori; about 10
miles N of Acaponeta -- many articles produced by Cora-Huichol Indians
- Jala; about 10 miles NW
of Ixtlán del Río, side road off Mex 15 - polished rocks, gemstones, palm-frond and reed
baskets
- Mesa de Nayar; mountains
about 50 air-miles ENE of Tuxpan -- many articles produce by Cora-Huichol Indians
- Nayar (Jesús María);
mountains about 55 air-miles ENE of Tuxpan -- pottery, many articles produced by
Cora-Huichol Indians
NUEVO
LEÓN:
- Bustamante; about 75
miles NNW of Monterrey -- rustic chairs with palm- frond seats and other palm-frond items
- Santiago; about 7 miles
SSE of Monterrey, side road off Mex 85 -- clay flower pots, wicker and reed baskets
OAXACA:
- Atzompa; 3 miles W of
Oaxaca -- green-glazed pottery, clay dolls and animal figurines
- Ejutla; 37 miles S of
Oaxaca on Mex 175 -- acid-etched machetes, knives, daggers
- Ipalapa; about 35 miles
N of southern end of Mex 125 near Pinotepa Nacional -- variety of cotton goods
- Mitla; 28 miles SE of
Oaxaca on Mex 190 -- woven woolen and embroidered goods
- Ocotlán; 22 miles S of
Oaxaca on Mex 175 -- pottery
- Ojitlán; northern
Oaxaca, about 15 miles W of Tuxtepec -- cotton and woolen huipiles
- Pinotepa Nacional; on
coastal Mex 200, 28 miles from Guerrero border -- embroidered shirts and huipiles
- Putla; 75 miles N of
southern end of Mex 125 near Pinotepa Nacional -- cotton huipiles, baskets, painted
wooden masks
- San Bartolo Coyotepec; 6
miles S of Oaxaca on Mex 175 -- black pottery
- San Bartolo Yautepec;
about 55 miles W of Tehuantepec, side road off Mex 190 -- cotton huipiles
- San Blás Atempa;
eastern suburb of Tehuantepec -- clay pottery, especially for keeping water cool
- San Mateo del Mar; on
coast 15 miles E of Salina Cruz -- embroidered and woven items
- San Pedro Quiatoni;
about 75 miles SE of Oaxaca, side road off Mex 190 -- traditional silver jewelry, cotton
and wool items
- Santiago Choapan; about
115 miles ENE of Oaxaca on road NE from Mitla -- cotton and woolen items
- Santiago Yosondua;
mountains about 105 miles S of Huajuapan de León -- baskets of palm frond and reeds
- Teotitlán; 40 miles SE
of Tehuacán, Puebla -- woven goods, especially rugs and serapes
- Teotitlán del Valle;
about 18 miles ESE of Oaxaca, side road off Mex 190 -- woven woolen items, painted wooden
masks
- Tlaxiaco; about 65 miles
S of Huajuapan de León on Mex 125 -- palm-frond baskets, leather bags
PUEBLA:
- Amozoc; 15 miles W of
Puebla on Mex 150 -- tooled leather goods, silver decorations on steel mostly for charros
(elegant Mexican cowboys)
- Altepexi; about 15 miles
SE of Tehuacán on Mex 131 -- woven woolen items, hand-embroidered cotton shirts
- Aquixtla; about 50 miles
SSE of Huauchinango on Mex 132 -- pottery, woven woolen items
- Chignahuapan; about 70
miles N of Puebla on Mex 119 -- glazed pottery, woven woolen items
- Huaquechula; about 20
miles NW of Izúcar de Matamoros, side road off Mex 190 -- clay ceremonial pieces, cut
paper
- Huejotzingo; 15 miles NW
of Puebla on Mex 190 -- woven woolen items, wooden masks, dolls in native dress
- San Gabriel Chilac;
about 20 miles S of Tehuacán, side road off Mex 131 -- reed baskets
- San Salvador El Seco; 50
miles WNW of Puebla on Mex 140 -- stone metates and molcajetes
- San Sebastián Zinacantepec;
about 20 miles SE of Tehuacán on Mex 131 -- woolen quexquémitles
- Tecali; 30 miles SE of
Puebla, side road off Mex 150 -- onyx objects, altarpieces
- Tepeaca; about 20 miles
E of Puebla on Mex 150 -- woven woolen items, onyx and marble objects
- Zacatlán; about 10
miles S of Huauchinango on Mex 119 -- unglazed pottery
- Zapotitlán; 15 miles SW
of Tehuacán on Mex 125 -- onyx objects
QUERÉTARO:
- Bernal; about 33 miles
NE of Querétaro -- woolen blankets, wall hangings, serapes, carpets
- Cadereyta; about 45
miles NE of Querétaro on Mex 120 -- saddles, overcoats
- Colón; about 33 miles
NE of Querétaro -- woolen serapes and blankets
- Tequisquiapan; 25 miles
NE of San Juan del Río -- woolen goods, wooden furniture, various kinds of handmade
baskets
- Tolimán; about 50 miles
NE of Querétaro -- woolen goods
QUINTANA
ROO:
- Isla de Cozumel; gold
and silver jewelry (buying black coral encourages reef destruction)
- Isla Mujeres; gold and
silver jewelry (buying black coral encourages reef destruction, buying sea-turtle, or carey,
products encourages sea- turtle slaughter)
- Kantunil Kin; 70 miles W
of Cancún, side road off Mex 180 -- baskets of various local fibers, embroidered cotton huipiles
and blouses
SAN
LUIS POTOSÍ:
- Ahualulco; about 30
miles NW of San Luis Potosí -- household pottery, several items woven of various local
fibers
- Alaquines; about 20
miles S of Ciudad del Maíz -- rustic chairs, baskets
- Aquismón; 30 miles S of
Ciudad Valles, side road off Mex 85 -- rustic chairs
- Cárdenas; 37 miles S of
Ciudad del Maíz -- baskets, leather sandals
- Catorce; 40 miles W of
Matehuala -- serapes and other woven woolen items, wooden carvings
- Lagunillas; about 75
miles WSW of Ciudad Valles, via side road through Rayón -- palm-frond baskets
- Matlapa; 60 miles S of
Ciudad Valles on Mex 85 -- leatherwork, items of wood
- Moctezuma; 55 miles N of
San Luis Potosí -- household pottery, leather items
- Río Verde; 75 miles E
of San Luis Potosí on Mex 70 -- leatherwork
- Santa Catarina; 40 miles
E of San Luis Potosí on Mex 70 -- palm- frond baskets, stone metates and molcajetes
- Santa María del Río;
30 miles SSE of San Luis Potosí just off Mex 57 -- embroidery, items made from lechugilla
agave
SINALOA:
- Angostura; 75 miles NW
of Culiacán, side road off Mex 15 -- straw and palm-frond baskets, worked wood
- Badiraguato; 55 miles N
of Culiacán on Mex 24 -- saddles, leatherwork, worked wood
- Choix; 80 miles NE of
Los Mochis, on rail line and road -- household earthenware, palm-frond baskets
- Concordia; 20 miles E of
Mazatlán on Mex 40 -- earthenware, woven woolen items, wooden masks and furniture,
palm-frond baskets
- Cosalá; mountains 100
miles NNW of Mazatlán -- wooden masks and furniture, palm-frond baskets, saddles
- El Fuerte; 50 miles NE
of Los Mochis -- household pottery, woven woolen items, paper flowers, piñatas
- Mocorito; 20 miles E of
Guamúchil on Mex 21 -- leatherwork, household pottery, baskets and hats of palm frond
SONORA:
- Bahía Kino; on Gulf
Coast 70 miles W of Hermosillo -- Seri Indians around town produce traditional baskets and
many other items such as ironwood carvings of animals
- Masiaca; 35 miles SE of
Navojoa, just off Mex 15 -- wooden masks, woolen belts
- Maycoba; 125 NE of
Ciudad Obregón on Mex 16 -- woolen serapes and blankets
- Onavas; about 75 miles
NNE of Ciudad Obregón, side road off Mex 16 -- woolen serapes and blankets, palm-frond
baskets
- Puerto Peñasco; On Gulf
Coast 60 miles SW of Lukeville, AZ -- shell necklaces (don't buy endangered black coral)
- Yécora; 120 miles NE of
Ciudad Obregón on Mex 16 -- household pottery, serapes and other woolen items
TABASCO:
- El Triunfo; about 125
miles E of Villahermosa, 40 miles up side road off Mex 186 -- leather articles
- Emiliano Zapata; about
95 miles ESE of Villahermosa on Mex 203 -- leather articles
- Frontera; 45 miles NNE
of Villahermosa on Mex 180 -- bags made of nutria fur
- Jalpa de Méndez; 20
miles NW of Villahermosa -- painted gourds, embroidered cotton shirts
- Macuspana; 30 miles SE
of Villahermosa on Mex 186 -- household and ceremonial clay items
- Nacajuca; about 10 miles
NNW of Villahermosa -- clay pottery and ceremonial items, worked gourds, leatherwork
- Paraíso; 30 air-miles
NW of Villahermosa -- furniture of mahogany and Spanish cedar
- Tenosique; 135 miles E
of Villahermosa on Mex 203 -- palm-frond hats, wooden masks
TLAXCALA:
- Santa Ana Chiautempan; 4
miles E of Tlaxcala -- woven woolen items, wooden masks and toys
VERACRUZ:
- Coscomatepec; about 10
miles N of Córdoba on Mex 130 -- many kinds of leatherwork
- Chicontepec; near border
with Hidalgo state, about 70 air- miles W of Tuxpan -- embroidered cotton shirts, wool
belts
- Santiago Tuxtla; 8 miles
W of San Andrés Tuxtla on Mex 180 -- wooden masks, musical instruments, decorated basket
- Tantoyuca; 90 miles SSW
of Tampico on Mex 127 -- leatherwork, palm-frond hats, baskets, and mats, paper flowers
- Tempoal; 70 miles SSW of
Tampico on Mex 105 -- palm-frond bags
- Tlacotalpan; about 55
miles SE of Veracruz on Mex 175 -- embroidered clothing, harps, chairs of wood and leather
- Zongolica; about 25
miles SE of Orizaba -- unglazed polychrome pottery
YUCATÁN:
- Acancéh; 13 miles SE of
Mérida on Mex 18 -- hammocks
- Cacalchén; about 35
miles E of Mérida -- embroidered cotton huipiles and blouses, hammocks
- Chabihua; coast 55 miles
NE of Mérida -- shell necklaces, worked shells
- Citilcum; about 35 miles
E of Mérida -- embroidered cotton huipiles and blouses
- Dzidzantún; 50 miles
ENE of Mérida -- embroidered cotton huipiles and blouses
- Dzilam González; 55
miles ENE of Mérida -- wooden furniture
- Dzityá; about 8 miles
NW of Mérida -- tooled wooden items, carved stone items
- Dzoncahuich; 55 miles
ENE of Mérida -- hammocks
- Espita; 50 miles NNW of
Valladolid -- palm-frond baskets, embroidered cotton huipiles and blouses
- Halachó; 50 miles SW of
Mérida on Mex 180 -- hats, hammocks, and baskets of local plant fibers
- Hunucmá; 18 miles W of
Mérida -- embroidered cotton huipiles
- Kantunil; 40 miles ESE
of Mérida on Mex 180 -- embroidered cotton huipiles and blouses, baskets of
various local fibers
- Kaua; 12 miles WSW of
Valladolid on Mex 180 -- embroidered cotton huipiles and blouses
- Kunkunul; 5 miles SW of
Valladolid on Mex 180 -- hammocks
- Libre Unión; 15 miles W
of Chichén Itzá ruins on Mex 180 -- embroidered cotton huipiles and blouses,
henequen bags
- Maxcanú; 40 miles SW of
Mérida on Mex 180 -- clay figurines for All Saints Day, hats
- Motul; 25 miles ENE of
Mérida -- embroidered cotton huipiles and blouses
- Panabá; 45 miles N of
Valladolid -- embroidered cotton huipiles and blouses, hammocks
- Río Lagartos; coast 63
miles N of Valladolid -- embroidered cotton huipiles and blouses
- Sanahcat; 30 miles SE of
Mérida -- embroidered cotton huipiles and blouses, many items of henequen
- Sotuta; 55 miles SE of
Mérida -- embroidered cotton huipiles, hammocks and other items of henequen
- Tahmek; 17 miles ESE of
Mérida on Mex 180 -- hammocks
- Temax; 55 miles ENE of
Mérida on Mex 176 -- embroidered cotton huipiles, hammocks
- Ticul; 50 miles S of
Mérida on Mex 184 -- replicas of Maya art, pottery, huipiles, shoes
- Tixcacalcupul; 15 miles
S of Valladolid on Mex 295 -- embroidered cotton huipiles, hammocks
- Tixkokob; 15 miles E of
Mérida -- hammocks, embroidered cotton huipiles
- Tunkas; 65 miles E of
Mérida -- household pottery, embroidered cotton huipiles, hammocks
- Uaymá; 10 miles NW of
Valladolid -- household pottery, embroidered cotton huipiles, hammocks
- Xcan; 40 miles ENE of
Valladolid on Mex 180 -- embroidered cotton huipiles, hammocks
ZACATECAS:
- Guadalupe; 2 miles E of
Zacatecas on Mex 49 -- religious images and furniture of wood, woolen serapes
- Jérez; 20 miles WSW of
Zacatecas -- cuero piteado (leather items embroidered with cactus fiber), glazed
pottery
- Pinos; 75 miles SE of
Zacatecas on Mex 51 -- woven woolen items, wooden masks
- Villa García; about 35
miles NE of city of Aguascalientes -- woven woolen items, wooden masks
- Villanueva; 34 miles SW
of Zacatecas on Mex 54 -- glazed pottery
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