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| These huipils are woven on a back strap loom, they all have very similar designs as described and pictured in the book, “Mexican Indian Costumes" by Donald and Dorothy Cordry. Which on page 59 a very similar huipil is identified as plate 32 “ A huipil from Buena Vista, Guerrero (group not known), having a gay and originally conceived yoke design and strong colors” I purchased these huipil in 1971 from a friend and rebosos vendor, that attended a fiesta in Igualapa Guerrero that year. The distinct brocaded figures represent animals and pre Hispanic designs. The National Institute of Statistics in Mexico identifies the ethnic group from Buena Vista as Mixtec in the municipality of Acatlan. There is however a Buena Vista in the Igualapa municipality which is Tlapaneco, I have rules this village out since I visited there and there were no costumes and no one could identify the photo of the huipil. |