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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.

Mantel femenino pequeño del periodo precolonial, de forma cuadrangular, generalmente de una sola pieza, elaborada en base a fibra de camélido, que se utilizaba como tocado para las mujeres y que, actualmente, sirve como contenedor de diferentes productos, como la coca, recogiéndolo a manera de atado.