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Glossary

Ica
Textile style associated with the Ica culture of the southern coast of Peru during the Late Intermediate period.
Ichma
Textile style associated with the Ichma culture of the central coast of Peru during the Late Intermediate period.
identidad
All the aspects of textiles that indicate identity between members of the same group through their form, composition, iconography, use of colours etc.
identidad y diferencia
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.
imágenes textiles en cerámica para servir comida y bebidas
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.
incuña
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.
Inicial (2000-900 a.C.)
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 .
Inka
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.
Inka colonial
Textile style produced during the Colonial period which reproduces techniques and patterns of the Inka and Provincial Inka styles.
Inka provincial
Artistic style that brings together elements of the Classic Inka style with variants from local cultures giving place to provincial styles.
instituciones de aprendizaje
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.
instituciones que promocionan estos cambios
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.
instrumento
Object, which when appropriately combined with others, has a determinate end in some activity or process, for example, the tools used in textile production.
instrumento de urdido
Range of tools employed in the process of preparing the warp threads ina figure 8, passing them around the principal cross-poles of the loom.
instrumento del descerdado
Range of tools used in the process of cleaning hair or fibre after shearing.
instrumento del esquilado
Range of tools used in the process of obtaining fibre.
instrumento del teñido
Range of tools used in the process of colouring fibre after spinning.
instrumento para acabar
Range of tools used in the process of finishing a cloth or textile.
instrumento para coser
Range of tools (needles) used in the process of joining two pieces of cloth by means of a seam.
instrumento para croché
Instrument whose smaller point terminates like a hook and is used to finish and edge textiles.
instrumento para hilar
A set of implements used in transforming fibre into thread.
instrumento para medir
Range of tools used in measuring textiles before their elaboration, or of the finished product.
instrumento para ovillado
Set of tools used for making balls or hanks of wool.
instrumento para planificación
Instrument used in planning or marking out textiles, whether in counts of the warp and weft threads, or in the composition of textile figures.
instrumento para tejer
Equipment used in the process of weaving.
instrumento textil de planificación
Instrument used in planning or marking out a piece of cloth, whether its combination of colours, or the figures that are going to be used.
integridad
According to the Convention on World Heritage, an indicator of the unitary and intact character of natural and/or cultural heritage and their attributes.
intercambios
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.
Interior de Arica
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.
Interior de Tarapacá
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.