Open woven top for a woman with wool embroidery and decorated with ribbon and pailettes

White cotton, open woven poncho-like quechquemitl that is worn over a blouse or huipil. Depending on the region and culture, the points are either worn on the belly or over the arms. According to collector Bodil Christensen it is a pre-Columbian garment, which can be deduced from archeological findings (museum information). Originally, the quechquemitl was reserved for the highest social class; ot…