Man's trouser leg. The back and front of one of the old-style trouser legs (I don't know why they are sold separately) is woven in one piece (separated by 3 cm gap where the warp is unwoven). The hand-woven, warp-faced material is of wide, alternating stripes of white and red. Crossing the stripes are deep bands of weft-faced brocading similar to that described on the central panel of the huipil.
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