Modern item of male clothing that covers the upper part of the body, made initially by men from baize, by hand: it has a wide and loose stile and more recently it is made out of cloth.
Figurative motif of the geographical and production environment. It has a square form with appendices of straight lines on the long sides and curls or scrolls at the two ends. We identify this motif as a square field, probably irrigated land, indicated by the straight lines and wavy lines. It is found in warp faced archaeological textiles from the Early Colonial Period (1535-1780 AD).
Men's bag, like a rectangular haversack, that has woollen bobbles with fringes on the sides and lower part: made on a base of sheep's wool, and is carried as a bandoleer thanks to a wide sash that is joined to the extremes of the upper opening.
Pointed head covering of woven fibre that in some Chilean regions has long ear flaps that reach down to the shoulders and a similar extension in the back part.
Specific characteristics of the ensemble of knowledge(s) of a determinate society or culture, interrelations in a system that are expressed in textiles, which yield a certain emphasis according to the ecology and social life of a particular region.
Specific characteristicsof the ensemble of representations in a culture or society expressed in textiles whose emphasis depends on the ecology and social life of a particular region.
Characterisation of the changes in textiles of a particular region by structures, techniques, styles, colours and iconographic composition, as well as the analysis of the social forces behind those changes (institutional influences, modernisation, globalisation, etc).
Helmet with a structure made of cane or other plant material filled out with pieces of spun camelid wool, composed of horizontal sticks and with polychrome geometrical motifs, sometimes carrying complex accessories like handfuls of feathers, pieces of human hair or hat-band like pieces of textile: belonging to the Wari culture. In early colonial times, this piece of war armour was made out of leather.
Region made up of the strip of tropical and sub-tropical piedmont that runs north-south from the border with Peru in the department of La Paz to the frontier with Argentina in the department of Tarija.
Receptacle of basketware, generally in rectangular form, approximately 15 cm deep, often with a hinged lid, used to keep instruments used for spinning, plaiting, dyeing, sewing and finishing, especially spindles, needles, samples, threads and pigments, amongst other things.
Textile style of groups from the 'eye-of-the-forest', in warp face and tapestry characterised by technical and iconographic syncretism across various periods.
Tropical dry region comprised of parts of the departments of Santa Cruz, Chuquisaca and Tarija. It is bounded by the 'eyebrow of the forest' to the west, Amazonia to the north, and the borders of the country with Brazil and Argentina to the east and south.
Figurative motif related to the geographic and productive environment, elaborated in bands of design in warpfaced textiles, in selected technique counting by pairs 2/2, and in some cases counting by odd 2/1. This motif is found in historic textiles of the Pacajes Early Colonial stye (1535 AD - 1780 AD) and in ethographic textiles of the styles knwn as Qharaqhara norte, Charkas norte, Charkas sur y Quillacas, amongst others. Generally they belong to design bands found immediately to the side of pampas and/or wide stripes.
Figurative motif related to the geographic and productive environment made out of segments of hexagons. Found in ethnographic warp-faced cloths in the textiles of the Isla de Taquile in Perú, and of the Islas and Mollo styles in Bolivia, forming part of bands of designs, elaborated through selected technique with paired weft, and selected technique with basic odd count 1/1.
