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BROCADING AND FOOT-LOOM COTTON WEAVING IN THE UPPER SAMALA VALLEY. 
a, Ladino weavers at Saleaja, arranging strands of jaspe (tie-dyed) yarn, with a wooden comb to keep a pattern, for winding on the 
loom as warp thread. 4, Indian gir i of San Andrés Xecil brocading a wine-colored, figured collar on a white machine-made cotton 
huipil such as the one she is wearing. c, Totonicapan Indian man and his wife weaving bright-colored, figured cotton head ee 
special treadle looms. d, Transferring a strand of white yarn from a number of spools on a creel, preparatory to tying and dyeing 
it with indigo. e, Strands of cotton jaspe yarn which has been bound with cord at regular intervals so as to form a white pattern 
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on indigo YI LIE 
(For explanation, see p. 175.) 
