The llawt'u or llawthu (

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,Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) Hispanicized spellings ''llauto, llautu'') was an outfit of the ruling Sapa Incas. It was a variety of

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with the colours of the

Tahuantinsuyo The Inca Empire (also known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire), called ''Tawantinsuyu'' by its subjects, (Quechua for the "Realm of the Four Parts", "four parts together" ) was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The admin ...

. The llawt'u was traditionally woven from

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with different-colored plaits. On the front was a stripe of wool called the maskapaycha. The symbol of the '' quriqinqi'' was displayed on the front. It has been said that small dried frogs were worn under the garment as part of a tradition whose origins have been long lost.

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