The woman is seen with a blouse or huipil of course cotton, woven by hand, embroidered with very stylized and simple designs in which alternate animals, birds, human figures and flowers. The coloration of these designs is   treated within a chromatic scale that goes from magenta to orange yellow.

The skirt or corte is of the jaspe [tie-dye] type, it is woven in course cotton, generally red, con yellow stripes—gold and green. Harmony is precisely established in the coloration in relation to the blouse,

The sash to wrap the hair is  multicolor, but always in harmonious relation to the rest of the costume, sometimes it is of silk, other times simply of cotton.

By Carlos Merida
Translated from the Spanish by Joseph Johnston

La falda o "corte" del tipo "jaspe", está tejida en grueso algodón, generalmente en rojo, con listas amarillo—oro y verde. La armonía se establece precisamente en la coloración en relación con la camisa.

La cinta para el tocado del pelo, es multicolor, pero siempre en armonía con el resto del vestuario, algunas veces de seda, otras en simple algodón.

Por Carlos Merida

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