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History Of Use

Warp-faced fabrics with three or four selvedges are woven by women but the fabrics the techniques, structures and some of the motifs have pre-Conquest antecedents. This type of textile conveys the most information about an individual's ethnicity, sex, age, status and particular history. Young girls begin weaving narrow bands at about age are used by both sexes. 5. They weave progressively wider pieces until they weave progressively are able to handle major pieces in their mid to late teens. The bands have miscellaneous uses on Taquile as belts and straps as well as vehicles for learning the designs. They are also sold to tourists.

Specific Techniques

Yarns are mostly synthetic ones that have been overtwisted before warping. 2 weave structures are used. A complementary-warp weave with three-span floats aligned in alternating pairs with an irregular (abbabaab) warping order (3/1 horizontal colour changes and diagonals of 2-span floats) is used in the areas with spotted or pebbled background. The areas with the plain background have a complementary warp-weave structure with 3-span floats in alternating alignment (2/2 horizontal colour change and aabb warp order). The terminal area is braided.

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learner's weaving

Iconographic Meaning

The range of motifs refers to local geography and landmarks, ecology, fecundity as well as luck. The six part circle refers to the division of land into six sections on Taquile and the rotation of crops and fallow periods.

Description

Belt composed of a narrow woven band with white geometric designs and bird figures worked against a background of dark red and green. One end is finished with two braided strands and the opposite end is frayed.