[1] It is made up of a red canvas, rolled up at its upper end; inside a white oval the inscription EL RESPETO AL DERECHO AJENO ES LA PAZ (English: Respect for the rights of others is peace) stands out.

The words of the motto are separated from each other by symbolic representations of pear.

The oval is divided into three parts inside: in the lower part there are two white arms breaking chains, in the upper left the toponym of Huaxyacac composed of: a stylized profile of a native of the state of Oaxaca, the flower and the fruit in a stylized form of the huaje tree; in the upper right the profile of one of the palaces of the archaeological center of Mitla, and flanking this figure to its right, the Dominican Cross.

At the bottom of the canvas is the phrase ESTADO LIBRE Y SOBERANO DE OAXACA.

[2] It is a design by Alfredo Canseco Feraud who won the contest organized by Eduardo Vasconcelos, governor of the Oaxaca state in the period 1947–1950.