Spanish Riddles & Colcha Designs - Paperback

by Reynalda Ortiz y. Pino Dinkel (Compiled by), Dora Gonzales de Martinez (Compiled by)

The riddles in this book, in both Spanish and English, represent a wide variety of types from the poetic to those with hidden or double meaning. The patterns are representative of the early colcha embroidery designs from Spanish colonial times in New Mexico when embroidery was a major handicraft.

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The riddles in this book represent a wide variety of types from the poetic to those with hidden or double meaning. All of the riddles, however, have the flavor of daily life in New Mexico.