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Shirt (Unku) fragment with repeated patterns (Tocapu)
Inca Artisans1450 A.D - 1530 A.D
Amano Pre-Columbian Textile Museum
Lima, Peru
Inca nobility shirt; the decorative icon corresponds to the "Inca's key", is one of the first designs which have a special meaning, probably it represents the duality Hanan and Hurin and as the four regions of Incan world.
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- Title: Shirt (Unku) fragment with repeated patterns (Tocapu)
- Creator: Inca Artisans
- Date Created: 1450 A.D - 1530 A.D
- Physical Location: Amano Precolumbian Textile Museum, Lima
- Location Created: Ica, Perú
- Physical Dimensions: Height 440 mm x Width 340 mm
- Provenance: Archaeological field survey
- Subject Keywords: Tapestry, tocapu, inca, inka, tupac yupanqui
- Type: Clothes of social status
- External Link: Amano Precolumbian Textile Museum
- Medium: Camelid fiber threads probably alpaca and vegetable dyes
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