Large huipil made up of several bands of cloth sewn together and decorated with connecting geometic motifs (especially diamonds triangles and rosettes) in dark red pink red blue and purple on a white ground. In addition lines of white feathers have been stitched to the ground.
TRC 2021.2418
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Cotton feathers
Hand woven cloth applied feathers hand embroidered (faggotting Romanian stitch edging)