Fabric or other material that generally hangs on the upper part of windows or doors to cover them as decoration or to prevent light from entering or the what is inside being visible.
Religious term for the totality of ideas and pratices of society or culture determined in relation to its environs and in particular concerned with the relations between gods, people and the natural environment.
Region of the coastal strip to the north of Chile that comprises the coast from the border with Peru to the north down to the region of Tarapacá in the south. To the east it is bounded by the valleys and mountain ranges of the interior of Arica.
Region of the coastal strip in the north of Chile that includes the coast from the region of Tarapacá in the north to Antofagasta in the south. To the east it is bounded by the Atacama basin.
Region of the arid coastal strip bounded to the north by the Huarmey valley and to the south by the Ica region, and to the east by the central mountain range.
Region of the coastal strip bounded to the north by the border with Ecuador and to the south by the Huarmey valley and to the east by the northern mountains.
Region of the coastal strip whose northern limit is the Ica region and bounded to the south by the border with Chile, and to the east by the sounthern mountains.
Región de franja costera en el norte de Chile que limita hacia el norte con la Costa de Arica y hacia el sur con la costa de Atacama. Hacia el este limita con el interior de Tarapacá.
Large bag or sack, woven in one piece, warp faced, folded across the middle and sewn on both sides. It has a pattern of vertical bands that have been preserved since pre-Hispanic times up to the present, and is used for storing foodstuffs such as potatoes, dried potato (chuño), oca, etc and to transport them along the caravan routes from the Altiplano to the valleys and coast.
Abstract geometrical motif in the form of a square, generally arranged in narrow bands of designs framing a larger band or functioning as contrast to another design band. It can come with appendages. This type of design is common in tapestry and in double weave teachnique, in styles that include those of Tiwanaku, provincial Tiwanaku, and provincial Inka.
The ensemble of practices derived from the interaction between people and artifacts, together with the social and cultural meanings generated by such interactions.
Ensemble of creations that emerge from a cultural community based in tradition, expressed by a group or individuals and that is recognised to correspond to the expectations of the community as an expression of their social and cultural identity; the norms and values are transmitted orally, through imitation or in other ways. Their forms include, amongst others, language, literature, music, dance, games, mythology, customs, artisan productions, architecture and other arts.
Quechua category of the finest cloth in the Inka realm, woven on a loom out of cotton, or wool from llamas, alpacas and vicuñas. The chroniclers describe qumpi as a fabric with two faces, in which the (woman) weaver takes pains not to leave loose threads nor a visible strand in the whole piece. These definitions leave the question open as to whether it is a matter of warp faced cloths, weft faced ones or both. It is assumed that the term refers to the textile technique, given that it was woven on a special loom, but also to its fine quality. The examples of tapestry qumpi are woven by three classes of weaver, two of them made up of women and one by men. The first category was formed by the women who supervise the operation (mamakuna) and the chosen women in the their charge (aqlla), who weave as qumpi the textiles dedicated to the Inka's own clothing. The third category was formed by the qumpikamayuk who wove the cloth on a vertical loom, like the ones illustated by Guaman Poma de Ayala in his drawings. The following provinces that produce qumpi are mentioned: i) Capachica (Colla), ii) Chupachu near Huánuco, y iii) Wayukuntu, from Caxas in the north of Peru.
