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Aymara Textiles

Their textiles do not only play a useful function but also for monetary exchange.
In the coloring predominate their animal natural colours: brown, grey, white and black. To obtain a variety of colours, they used, since antiquity, plants and minerals to dye their wool. The dying technics are natural, allowing firmness in its colours. Nowdays these technics are almost obsolete, being replazed by industrial anilines from Bolivia.
The confection of textiles works with tedious and complex technics. The elaboration process begins obtaining the animal´s hair (Tarwa) by shearing animals (Alpacas, Llamas and sheep) that is maked with knifes or tinplate pieces. Finnally they select the fiber according to its type, quality and colours.

Book sourcek:"Theatral desing of the Chilean Traditional Costume" by Sergio Soto Ortiz

Photo: Aymara textile: Wak'a

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