Celsa Iuit Moo
Mexican Mayan artist (b. 1938)
Celsa María Iuit Moo (born April 17, 1938) is a Mexican artisan of Mayan ancestry who works as a weaver of henequen fiber, locally known in the Mayan language as soskil.
Biography
Iuit Moo was born in San Pedro, Xocchel, Yucatán. She is of Mayan heritage. Iuit Moo started weaving henequen fiber when she was 12 years old. The commercialization of her art crafts were important to support his family, most of which works as artisans.
She has showcased her work in Europe, the United States and over 20 Mexican states.
In 1994, Celsa founded the "Mujeres de Xocchel" collective, gathering 24 families to collaboratively produce and sell their handcraft works. She also teaches her technique, focusing on young women.
In 2010 she was part of the 44th annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington D.C. where she showed visitors how to make crafts with henequen fiber. As part of the same event, she was part of a dinner with President Barack Obama.
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