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| Type of Object: | Clothing |
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| Materials: | Sheep fiber, human hair, natural dyes |
| Measurements: | Average size is one square meter. |
| Date or Period: | Republican (1825-1900) |
| Maker: | Tarabuco (Quechua) |
| Designated List Section: | IV A Colonial and Republican Textiles -- Indigenous Highland Traditions |
| Date of Import Restriction: | 12/07/01 |
| Photograph: | National Museum of Ethnography and Folklore (MUSEF) |
| Copyright: | National Museum of Ethnography and Folklore (MUSEF) |
| Description of Designated List Category Subject to Import Restrictions: | |
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| The Almilla is the dress adopted by indigenous women in the sixteenth century tailored from hand-woven wool cloth (bayeta). It consists of a gathered skirt attached to a fitted bodice. The urku is a pleated or gathered skirt characterized by a bold stripe pattern arranged horizontally. The aksu is a women's ceremonial dress woven from camelid fiber and constructed from a rectangular, two-piece cloth that is wrapped around the body and tied at the waist. May be dyed with natural or synthetic dyes in all colors. Average size is one square meter. This example of an Almilla is like a night-shirt constructed out of four pieces. The surface presents a decorative structure of rivers and roads in geometrical style. The threads have differing density for the high relief. Size is 112 cm. x 118 cm. | |
| Keywords: | |
| dress, Quechua, textile, |
