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& sometimes black cloth of thin texture & spotted with white black or blue round spots. About the arms & border a fine bordering of stripes of yellow or gilt braid is often sewed on. The most remarkable feature of the dress is the "huipil." This is a lacework waist & headdress combined with a [[strikethrough]] frill [[/strikethrough]] broad frill about the opening for the face in the hood like headdress part. [[strikethrough]] Continuing these with the slee [[/striekthrough]] The sleeves are short & usually only one is serviceable at the time. This has a waist which hangs about to the level of the hips & is made also of lacework or of gold embroidered gauze with a lacework lower border. This lacework is all kept stiffly starched & clean & is usually creased or fluted about the headdress & border so that when it is hung loosely from the head as ordinarily worn & hangs down the back the fluted border stands out in a broad white halo about the head & shoulders & serves as a striking foil to the rest of the garments- The photographs taken at the market show the ordinary method of wearing their garments. The market is an open tile-roofed building at one side of the plaza & in this on the tile floor are grouped daily scores of market women exposing the usual tropical fruits, vegetables, clothing &c for sale. No men are to be seen in the market except as occasional buyers for the business even to the buying seems to be done by women. Some remarkably noble looking faces are seen among these