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Glossary

textiles y reciclaje
Cycle of textile recycling, e.g. when cloths and fabrics have been worn out and are reused to make domestic mattresses out of a mass of rags.
textiles y ritos escolares
Set of textile uses in school rituals in a specific region or community, e.g as gifts to school mayors in national festivals.
textiles y ritos patronales-religiosos
Array of textile uses in religious and patron festivals in a community or specific region, e.g. as offerings to the saints or gifts to those attending a festival.
textiles, ferias y mercados
Set of textile uses in the contexts of fairs and markets in a specific regions, e.g as objects of consumption and sale.
thakhi (aym.)
Set of practices and customs, at the communal level, culturally defined whose institutional character structures and organises, in this case, textile activities in terms of style, rights of use, processes of teaching, learning etc.
tiesto filo
Piece of pottery with one of its sides sharpened and used for shearing.
tijera
Instrument composed of two thin leaves with a single edge that can be opened and closed by means of an axis. Can be used for shearing.
tinte
Chemical substance with the properry of transferring colour to fibres.
tinte animal
Dye obtained from an animal, e.g cochineal.
tinte de aliso
Dye obtained from a wild tree originally from the mountains, whose bark and leaves were used as a natural yellow and brown dye for Pre-hispanic textiles.
tinte de añil o índigo
Dye obtained from a bush of the indigoferous family, native to the region of tropical America, among others: its leaves are used as a natural blue dye for cotton fibres.
tinte de ayancalla
Dye obtained from a spiny bush 20 to 40 cm high, of compound leaves and yellow-orange flowers, from which a natural yellow colour is obtained for dyeing sheep wool or camelid fibre.
tinte de chillca
Dye obtained from a wild bush native to the Andean region; its stem and leaves are used as a natural yellow and green dye for textiles.
tinte de cochinilla
Dye obtained from a small insect, of pink colour, originally from Mexico and the Andean countries (Ecuador, Peru Bolivia y Chile); the pasty material obtained from it, called carmine, reduced to powder, is used as a natural red dye for dyeing different materials, especially camelid fibre.
tinte de lamphaya
Dye obtained from a small, aromatic bush, with fat oval leaves, characteristic of the region close to the transition scrublands of the high Andes; its colours are lilac-blue, from which a natural dye of different shades of cherry is obtained for dyeing sheep wool or camelid fibres.
tinte de mullaca
Dye obtained from a bush native to the Peruvian mountains; its leaves are used as a natural blue dye for dyeing cotton fibres.
tinte de tola
Dye obtained from a branching, dark green bush, with tiny yellow flowers, native to the Altiplano; from its leaves is obtained a natural dye varying from green to yellow, used to dye sheep wool or camelid fibre.
tinte mineral
Dye obtained from a mineral such as aluminium sulphate.
tinte vegetal
Dye obtained from a plant, either root, stem, bark, leaves or fruit, e.g. anil or indigo.
tipo de hilo o caito
Thread or yarn spun or plaited from natural fibre.
tipos de transacción
Set of forms of transaction in which textiles are exchanged or bartered for other products, or in which the textile enters as part of the commercial cycle of buying and selling.
Tiwanaku
Textile style of the Tiwanaku culture during the Middle Horizon. Three sub-styles have been defined: Tapestry Tiwanaku, Warp faced Tiwanaku aand Bordered Tiwanaku (see Oakland 1986). It uses bright colours and a distinctive iconography and both stripes and design bands. It reproduces State ideology.
Tiwanaku provincial
Tiwanaku textile style woven in the provinces of the State which incorporates local elements and uses colours which are not as bright. It belongs to the Middle Horizon.
Tiwanaku-Atacama
Hybrid textile style combining elemenets of Tiwanaku technique with those of the Atacama region during the Middle Horizon.
tocado
Item of apparel made of textile and worn on the head, like a cap, turban, etc.
tocado con penacho
Item of apparel worn to cover the head and having feathers as ornament.
tocado de tela
Item of women's apparel made of cloth worn to cover the head.
tocado general
Apparel with which the head is covered, like caps, turbans, headbands etc.
tongo
Women's hat, with a narrow brim and high crown, the result of the influence of the Italian "Borsalino" hat and generally worn as part of their apparel by women who wear skirts.
toquillo
Hat associated more with men, with a narrow brim and high crown, resulting from the influence of the Italian 'Borsalino' hat, made out of fine cloth, generally from light colours.