Huipil - Santa Catarina Palopo, Woman H_SCP_15-08 San Juan La Laguna The skirt is a wrap-around

The skirt is a wrap-around of the older traditional black and white "morga" skirt

Signed "Mauricio  Pur" oil painting harvesting the cane

Medium and light lavendar base material hand-woven on backstrap loom

You could still see some of the grandmothers wearing the more traditional red huipil

Maria told me the huipil is about 8 years old

Huipil - Santa Catarina Palopo, Woman H_SCP_15-08 San Juan La Laguna The skirt is a wrap-aroundSanta Catarina Palopo Smaller Woman's Huipil Monochromatic greens with tree of life, butterflies, ducks and other design patterns brocaded on a contrasting black base. It's a very striking new style. Girls and younger women in Santa Catarina Palopo started weaving and wearing this new style of huipil five to ten years ago.. The huipil has 3 panels and is woven on a backstrap loom. Like most Santa Catarina Palopo huipils the thread is a synthetic.