Protecting Yucatecan embroidery from plagiarism
Otomi prints appears on throw pillows at Pottery Barn. A French designer lifts the look created by the indigenous Mixe community in Santa Maria Tlahuitoltepec, Oaxaca. And in Yucatán, there is a move afoot to protect traditional embroidery from copycats. Public policy needs to protect the work of local craftsmen from being devalued, said Yucatecan anthropologist…

