Galadrielessilvia: Textiles del Antiguo Perú / Textiles of Ancient Peru.

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Una visita obligada si vas a Lima, Perú es el Museo de la Nación que alberga miles de piezas originales de las diferentes etapas de la historia del Perú. Preinca, Inca, Colonial, Republicana y Contemporánea. Encontrarás desde textiles, cerámicas, metales de las culturas Paracas, Moche, Virú, Lima.

Textiles del antiguo Perú.-

La textilería no se limitaba sólo a la confección de la necesidad del vestido. La gran cantidad de vestigios encontrados en las tumbas muestran la importancia de la confección textil en las ceremonias y ritos religiosos. Inicialmente la confección era manual, mediante anudado, trenzado, anidado pero a partir del año 1800 a.C. desarrollan herramientas para la confección del tejido utilizan algodón, lana, fibras de camélidos, plumas y otros materiales. Los tejedores moche, paracas, nasca, wari, chancay, chimu, e inca desarrollaron una textilería de reconocida calidad, elaborando prendas de acuerdo a las clases sociales.

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If you go to Lima, Peru you must visit Museo de la Nacion, there you can see original pieces of the differents periods of Peru history: Pre-Inca, Inca, Colonial, Republic and Contemporary. You can find textiles, ceramics, metals, of the Peruvian Culture as Paracas, Moche, Viru, Nasca, Lima.
Textiles of ancient Peru.-
Textiles and their associated activities served a pourpose far beyond the mere need for clothing. The great quantity of textile remains found in tombs and the wide variety of documentation provided by chroniclers have helped the meaning and importance of textile activity in daily life, as well as the religious ceremonies and rites of the people.
Initially, textile production was and exclusively manual labor. The most widespread techniques included braiding, looping and knotting. Starting in 1800 BC. tools were developed only for weaving. Togheter with production techinques, the use of cotton, camelid fibers, feathers, and other materials broadened the variety of clothing articles and object produced.
The moche, paracas, nasca, wari, chancay, chimu, and inca weavers developed textiles renowned for the quality, producing different articles for clothing for each social class. They used backstrap looms, horizontal or frame looms, and vertical looms. The wide-ranging mastery of textile techniques may be appreciated tapestries made using cotton warp and wool weave, wich contain up to 400 threads per square inch.