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Embroidered Quechquemitl
Community
Photograph Collection
Category
Textiles and Weaving
Mestizo Native Girl in Fiesta Dress
Community
Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Textiles and Weaving
Summary
The fiesta costume, showing the huipil grande as worn for gala occasions. Tehuantepec, Oaxaca.
Chinantec Women in Everyday Attire
Community
Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Textiles and Weaving
Summary
A group of Chinantec women of San Felipe Usila, Oaxaca.
Huipil de Tapar
Community
Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Textiles and Weaving
Summary
Woman wearing "huipil de tapar" folded for daily use.
Girl Weaving
Community
Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Textiles and Weaving
Preparing Hair Dye
Community
Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Textiles and Weaving
Summary
Dye used is Tetelcingo, extracted from leaves of a shrub. Shows the leaves which have been soaking in water being ground on a metate.
Woman Dyeing Hair
Community
Nahua, Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Textiles and Weaving
Summary
A Nahua woman of Tetelcingo, Morelos, dyeing her hair green.
A Weaver of Women's Sashes
Community
Otomi, Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Textiles and Weaving
Summary
A weaver of women's sashes, Santa Ana Hueytlalpan, Hidalgo. (Otomi)
Wool Weaver & Children II
Community
Otomi, Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Textiles and Weaving
Summary
An Otomi weaver and a girl spinning. Santa Ana Hueytlalpan, Hidalgo.
Wool Weaver & Children I
Community
Otomi, Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Textiles and Weaving
Summary
An Otomi weaver and a girl spinning. Santa Ana Hueytlalpan, Hidalgo.
Totonac Skirt
Community
Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Textiles and Weaving
Summary
An old-style embroidered Totonac skirt.
Embroidering a Typical Huipil
Community
Nahua, Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Textiles and Weaving
Summary
Nahua woman embroidering a typical huipil. San Jose Miahuatlan, Puebla.