This daily wear huipil from Santa Apolonia, although symmetrical in design, is asymmetrical in color placement. This asymmetry in use of color (and often in motif placement) is a distinguishing feature of huipils from this village.
Also common in huipils from Santa Apolonia are stacked triangle forms and figurative motifs. Note the swans and vines on this huipil.
Also of note is the corte. This corte is made of jaspe, a cloth created by tie-dying the groups of warp or weft threads so that a ground fabric pattern is created when the piece is woven
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