All the aspects of textiles that indicate identity between members of the same group or differences between groups through their form, composition, iconography, use of colours etc.
Textile figures with particular charactersitics in their forms, colours and composition, that characterise the decoration of ceramic objects, with which food and drink are served, at festivals for example.
Small women's mantle or shawl from the Pre-Colonial period, quadrangular in form, and generally made in one piece, on a base of camelid hair; used as a head covering by women, and now used to keep or store different products, like coca, pulled together as if it were tied.
Period where continuities can be seen with the patterns of life of the Late Pre-Ceramic but on a much larger scale. On the coast of Peru large ceremonial complexes associated with complex sociopolitical organisation are built .
Textile style of the Inka culture with fabrics in warp face and tapestry that reproduce forms of clothing and standardised iconography of this State during the Late Horizon.
Historical and modern institutions, whose authorities, as specialised individuals - in this case in textiles - structure and supervise the sequence of tasks that have to be learned in relation to textile production in the community. Examples are the Inka aqllawasi under the control of teh mamaconas or the current institution of the thakhi (Aym.) o ñan (Qu.) through which the Andean communities organise their textile tasks and their forms of learning.
Dynamic of changes in the textiles of a particular region in structure, techniques, style, colours and iconographic composition. In the past these changes have been backed by State institutions and nowadays by the influences of institutions that deal with textiles, especially NGOs.
Object, which when appropriately combined with others, has a determinate end in some activity or process, for example, the tools used in textile production.
According to the Convention on World Heritage, an indicator of the unitary and intact character of natural and/or cultural heritage and their attributes.
Use of textiles in exchange transactions in order to be able to obtain products, for example in the traditional journeys of llama caravans to the valleys to obtain their products.
Region that comprises the mountains and intermontane valleys. To the north and east it is bounded by the border with Peru and Bolivia; to the south by the interior region of Tarapacá, and to the west by the Arica coast.
Region that comprises the mountains and intermontane valleys. To the north it is bounded by the Arica interior, to the east by the border with Bolivia, to the south by the Loa basin and to the west by the coast of Tarapacá.