Bracelet (or Wrist Band) Maker © Marilyn Anderson. Woodcut, 9 1/16″ x 11 7/8″
In the 1980s in Guatemala, as well as in Chiapas, Mexico, one saw street vendors offering bracelets (pulseras ) for sale–– for very small sums. Soon, pulseras began to be exported, also with very little return to the young girls who made them. Still today, particularly in tourist areas, similar items are offered. These non-traditional cotton knotted (macramé ) bracelets ( likely introduced by a Peace Corps member ) seem to be the only craft item made in Guatemala that has been done by many school children in the US.