Handicraft-Producing, Small to Medium-Size Towns

Wall hanging, photo by Patricia Buck Wolf

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

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-mâché
Tonalá; southeastern suburb of Guadalajara -- pottery, papier- mâché, 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 CaÃ±as; 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, piÃ±atas
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 PeÃ±asco; 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