Poncho with peacocks

The Mexican wool poncho is embroidered with peacocks, roses, and the tree of life. Mice, cats, birds and other small animals jump around between the major motifs. The seamstresses of the cooperative Tamachij Chihuatl from Hueyapan, Mexico, embroider the motifs which are stitched for centuries on the Quesquemit, Náhuatl name for poncho, the women in the Mexican region of Puebla.