This finely woven shirt is an example of the type of textiles created for Inca officials by highly skilled female weavers. The Inca placed great value on textiles of cotton, alpaca and vicuña wool.
Inca Textile Tunic, Peru
Ancient Americas at the Field Museum
Cloth tunic, Inca (AD 1400-1532), Lima Region, PeruTunic, Peru
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