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Lliclla de Potosí.

Caiza. Aymara ethnic group, Caracaras del Sur. Potosi. Bolivia. First half of the 20th century.


Its eighteen little streets of work, its pampa (sector of the field free of labor) of various colors, all achieved by staining with natural colorants, and the lloque on its edges, a religious element consisting of a herringbone effect that the weaver obtains Alternating groups of warp threads twisted in a clockwise direction with others twisted in the opposite direction, further elevate the quality of origin of this beautiful garment. As can be seen at first glance, this piece corresponds exactly to the description of the traditional textiles of Caiza, the cradle of the most refined fabrics of Potosí. Measures. Length: 88 cm / 34.64 in. Width: 100 cm / 39.37 in.


About its origin, we read in one of the most important treatises on Andean textiles: “The caiza, like their neighbors, the calchas, have very fine fabrics; its pallai is characterized by a decoration based exclusively on diamonds and hooks that are also used by the caracaras of Aymaya and Pocoata ... The llicllas, unlike the Calcheñas and most Aymara communities that only present pallai at the ends and center, go listed with pallais in all its extension alternating with the pampas, woven in various colors. "(1)


Note:

1. Gisbert, Teresa - Arce, Silvia - Cajías, Martha: Textile Art and the Andean World. La Paz, Bolivia, Plural Editores, 2006, p. 286.



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