One of the oldest of the decorative stitches used in bordado and the one not replicable by machine. Yucatan-made gold jewelry always accompanies the more elaborate dresses when worn. One of the elegant hipiles on exhibit at Palacio Canton, Merida, Yucatan, in the fine show, "Mestiza: El Hipil de Yucatan". Now through April. Again, the name of the maker of this beautiful work is lost to history. See adjacent SET, "Mestiza".