Headscarf

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Woolen headscarf （Chamarra）Rectangular cloth woven on a hip loom from black and white wool. Woven in linen weave with alternating white and black chains of weft threads, creating a braided pattern of three white horizontal and vertical stripes against a black background.The long selvedges are woven over 1 cm. width in mainly orange and light blue. On the short sides, three dark blue and four pink weft threads are woven along at over 1 cm from the edge (3/4 cm. W). On one of the long sides, in a hole reworked with blue thread, a round braided cord is attached, which ends in a multicoloured tassel of wool and embroidery silk, length 19 cm. In one of the corners there is a square decoration (H. 8 cm.), consisting of flowers embroidered in mainly purple. \These chamarras are made in San Juan Chamula; this one was bought at the Monday market of Huistán on February 22, 1971 for 20 pesos = fl. 6,--.