Phil Borges          
 
   


Sylvia and her sister had just made the difficult 10-hour trip from their mountain home in Santa Catarina to bring their beaded wristbands to sell at the Huichol Center for Cultural Survival. They turned in 12 wristbands and picked up enough beads to keep them working several weeks more. The previous month, their beadwork had appeared as accessories on top models in Elle magazine. After I showed Silvia a Polaroid of herself, she couldn’t stop laughing. Huichol

 
     
 
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