Women's tunic (faja) with 'soyate

A faja with soyate . This is a Mixtec woman's soyate made in and around the village of San Agustín Tlacotepec in the Mixteca Alta, but bought by Bodil Christensen in 1958 in Pinotepa de Don Luis in the Mixtec coastal area. The soyate is made of palm leaf, tuni in Mixtec. The faja itself is made of hand-spun white cotton and red factory wool. Along the sides there are lines woven in red, green and …