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When Aguiñiga first visited the region back in 2007, she returned home with a backpack stuffed full of these tiny one-of-a-kind wool animals. The ones here were made by Adelina, a Chamulan artisan who sells her wares in San Cristobal — the biggest city in the region — in the Santo Domingo Market. “She made lots of the animals I brought back to exhibit, as well as some custom-made fabric to be used as upholstery.”