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  2. Andean textiles - Wikipedia

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    This city was the center of a civilization that covered much of the highlands and coast of modern Peru. Wari wool-pile cap, 700-900 C.E., Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven. The discovery in early 2013 of an undisturbed royal tomb, El Castillo de Huarmey, offers new insight into the social and political influence of the Wari during this ...

  3. Paracas culture - Wikipedia

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    They are the primary works of art by which Paracas culture is known. Burials at the necropolis of Wari Kayan continued until approximately 250 CE. Many of the mortuary bundles include textiles similar to those of the early Nazca culture, which arose after the Paracas. [4]

  4. Visual arts of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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    [7] [8] Guitarrero Cave in Peru has the earliest known textiles in South America, dating to 8000 BCE. [9] The southwestern United States and certain regions of the Andes have the highest concentration of pictographs (painted images) and Petroglyphs (carved images) from this period. Both pictographs and petroglyphs are known as rock art.

  5. Textile arts of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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    This cloth, known as qompi, was of exceptionally high quality and required a specialized and state-run body of dedicated workers. Qompi was made from the finest materials available, alpaca, particularly baby alpaca, and vicuña wool were used to create elaborate and richly decorated items. As a result of their smoothness, Inca textiles made of ...

  6. Paracas textile - Wikipedia

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    The textiles were made from wool and cotton. The wool is thought to have come from Alpaca or Llama. [1] They had been dyed with natural dyes which unusually had kept their colour after over 2,000 years. The preservation of the colours is attributed to the dry conditions combined with the lack of damage which would usually have been caused by ...

  7. Wari culture - Wikipedia

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    The Wari are particularly known for their textiles, which were well-preserved in desert burials. The standardization of textile motifs serves as artistic evidence of state control over elite art production in the Wari state. [15] Surviving textiles include tapestries, hats and tunics for high-ranking officials.

  8. Virú culture - Wikipedia

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    The Gallinazo group site was the primary center of the valley during this time and most likely the seat of regional leadership. The Early Intermediate period in Virú Culture was marked by import social (increase in population size), economic (increase in population size), and political (creations of a unified valley command) transformations.

  9. Poncho - Wikipedia

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    Araucanos and Huasos in Chile, 19th century. A market scene Ruana in Bogotá, circa 1860. A Peruvian chalán dancing marinera on a Peruvian Paso horse.. A poncho (Spanish pronunciation:; Quechua: punchu; Mapudungun: pontro; "blanket", "woolen fabric") [1] [2] [3] is a kind of plainly formed, loose outer garment originating in the Americas, traditionally and still usually made of fabric, and ...