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saco
Large farming bag that can measure up to 76 cm x 133 cm and has a common composition of stripes, used to keep food stuffs in storehouses.
sacrificio
Act of making an offering to the gods.
sacrificios de textiles como ofrendas
In Pre-Colombian times the practice of including fine high prestige textiles, with special colours and designs, as offerings in religious sacrifices where they are burned en masse.
sacrificios de textiles en miniatura
Practice of including textiles in miniature in religious sacrifices and in the burial of the dead.
salar
Place where salt is extracted, either from the surface or from under the earth.
Salinar
Textile style of the Salinar culture on the north coast of Peru during the Early Intermediate period.
San Miguel
Textile style of the San Miguel culture on the coast and in the interior of Arica during the Late Intermediate period.
San Miguel Tardío
Textile style of Late San Miguel on the coast and in the interior of Arica during the Late Intermediate period.
San Miguel Tardío-Pocoma
Textile style of the Late San Miguel culture on the coast and in the interior of Arica during the Late Intermediate period. With influences from Pocoma.
San Miguel Temprano
Textile style of the San Miguel culture on the coast and in the interior of Arica during the Late Intermediate period.
sarga
Warp faced and plain weft textile made on the loom whose points of intertwining are displaced in each pass producing a visual image of diagonal lines. Its structural module is achieved with a minimum of 3 threads and 3 passes.
secado u oxidación
Process of ensuring the absorption and fixing of the dye in the material intended for the making of the textile in the processes of dyeing, by drying it in the sun or in the shade depending on the dye used, to oxidise the chemicals in some cases.
secuencia de aprendizaje textil
Set of key stages, each with its different methods depending on its complexity, recognised culturally and institutionally in the process of learning weaving.
secuencia de operaciones
Ordered set of actions linked to the processes of the productive chain that would have to be mastered in learning to weave.
seleccionador de color
As part of the equipment of the loom, the colour selector (jaynu in Aymara) alows the person who is weaving to make the specific separations of the colours of the warp layers. This instrument is usually made from a small stick, a thick strand of fibre or long piece of metal (often bronze), that is used as a guide to select the warp layers and so elaborate the chosen part of the cloth.
seleccionador fino de diseños
Part of the loom equipment, this fine figure selector (salta pallañ wich'uña in Aymara) is made out of the sharpened shin bone of a llama and even in some cases from fine hooves or bone ribs. This is the finest of all types of wich'uña, allowing for the selection of the most complex designs of the textile repertoire.
seleccionador general de figuras
Part of the equipment of the loom, this general figure selector (pallañ wich'uña in Aymara) is the wichuña for selecting textile figures through the application of the techniques of selection and counting of the warp threads. It is the finest of the three basic types of wichuña, and is very long and sharp pointed.
semillero
Small farming bag that can measure between 8 to 15 sq cm, has a common composition of stripes in this type of textiles, used to keep seeds.
separador de capas
Part of the equipment of the loom, the layer selector/separator is made principally from the shin bone of a llama, although in Chipaya a shell is used for the same purpose. This instrument is used to separate the warp layers during the process of textile making .
separador de colores en las capas
Part of the equipment of the loom, the colour layer separator is made equally from long and thin shin bones of the llama, although not as fine or sharp-pointed as other wichuñas. It is used to separate the colours in the warp layers during the fine processes of textile elaboration, to introduce the second weft.
Sicán
Textile style of the Sicán culture during the Middle Horizon on the north coast of Peru.
Sierra central
Mountainous region of central Peru bounded to the north by the area of Huánuco and to the south by the region of Ayacucho. It is bounded to the east by the 'eyebrow of the forest' and to the west by the central coast.
Sierra norte
Mountainous region of northern Peru bounded to the north by the border with Ecuador and to the south by the region of Huánuco; to the east it is bounded by the 'eyebrow of the forest' and to the west by the northern coast.
Sierra sur
Mountainous region to the south of Peru, bounded to the north by the region of Ayacucho and to the south by the border with Bolivia. To the east it is bounded by the 'eyebrow of the forest' and to the west by the southern coast.
simple
This refers to the simple structures of 1 or 2 warps, and to the simple techniques, especially plain and ladder techniques.
sipe
Head dress of feathers like a diadem which was worn on the head and tied with a type of cord under the chin, although it could also be worn on the neck like a feather necklace.
sistema de conocimiento
All the knowledge of a specific culture or society, and the forms of interrelation between its parts as a system, for example the use of textile figures to express the practices of weather forecasting, which are connected with the practices of sowing and cultivation.
sistema de representaciones
Use of textiles to express in its iconographic composition certain images that represent regional elements, such as people, animals, crops, means of transport, etc.
sitio
Specific place associated with a determinate activity.
sitio arqueológico
Site associated with some archaeological find.