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Old Huipil de San Felipe Usila, Oaxaca, ca. 1968

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Ethnic Group: Chinanteca

Donated by Judith Fernandez

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Brocaded cotton strips of various designs and symbols woven on a backstrap loom with
hand embroidered details. Magenta stripes have been stained with fuchsin, an artificial dye
that was developed in 1859.

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