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Room II: Pre-Columbian to Modern-day Clothing |
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room exhibits clothing from the past: the unku, a type of shirt without
sleeves, which in pre-colonial and into colonial times was the
principal dress of males. The llijlla or shawl of females, pieces
of clothing utilizing tapestry techniques, and naturally dyed pieces
demonstrate the durability of traditional Andean weavings through the
centuries. They possess a common characteristic in that they
conserve their original borders and are fashioned into garments with
the help of some sewn seams.
Together with contemporary Jalq’a
and Tarabuco clothing, room 2 explains the changes in indigenous
clothing influenced by Spanish colonization.
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