Shawl Item Number: 3486/149 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Woman’s shoulder shawl (lliklla) made of two separate panels; each panel has four selvedges. Designs consist of diamond cocha (lake) and tika (flower), which is centred in some diamonds.
A lliklla (Quechua) or manta (Spanish) is worn as a shawl that is fastened around the shoulders with a pin, but it can also be worn as a cloth for carrying things on the back.
Panels were woven on a staked-out ground loom or body-tensioned loom. The breaks in the patterns near the ends indicate they were woven with a continuous warp on an indigenous loom and finished with a needle-inserted weft in the terminal area. Shawl woven in a 2-colour supplementary warp weave, called “ley” technique.
Purchased by the donor in the Cuzco area in 1982.