Eight-Pointed Star Tunic, 1460–1540, Peru, Inca, Camelid hair, cotton, Overall: 29 3/4 x 37 in. (75.57 x 93.98 cm), Textiles-Woven, Inka tunics, called unku in the Quechua language of the Andes, are usually longer than they are wide. They were made from a single piece of cloth, the loom length being the width of the shirt-that is, they were woven sideways, with the warp in the short direction, and then folded over
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Eight-Pointed Star Tunic, 1460–1540, Peru, Inca, Camelid hair, cotton, Overall, 29 3/4 x 37, 75.57 93.98 cm, Textiles-Woven, Inka tunics, unku, Quechua language, Andes, usually longer, wide, single piece, cloth, loom length, width, shirt, woven sideways, warp, short direction, folded
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