Saturday, November 19, 2011

Archaeology: What's Hot Now: Inca Textile Tunic, Peru

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Inca Textile Tunic, Peru
Nov 19th 2011, 10:02

Inca Textile Tunic, Peru

Cloth tunic, Inca (AD 1400-1532), Lima Region, PeruTunic, Peru

John Weinstein, © The Field Museum
This finely woven shirt is an example of the type of textiles created for Inca officials by highly skilled female weavers. The Inca placed great value on textiles of cotton, alpaca and vicuña wool.

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