Yacolla was an outer garment in the
Inca
The Inca Empire, officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts (, ), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The administrative, political, and military center of the empire was in the city of Cusco. The History of the Incas, Inca ...
men's clothing that was similar to a
mantle worn over the
Uncu
Uncu (Unku) was a men's garment of the Inca Empire. It was an upper-body garment of knee-length; Royals wore it with a mantle cloth called ''Yacolla (coth), yacolla.'' Women wore a long dress known as an Anaku (dress), anaku.
Structure
Uncu wa ...
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Style
Yacolla was a square-shaped woven cloth worn over the shoulder and tied to the corners of the cloth. Yacolla was made of finer cloth when the royals wore it. "Llicilla" was a woman's mantle held together with
tupu pins.
Yacolla was a part of daily clothing and also an item for
grave goods
Grave goods, in archaeology and anthropology, are items buried along with a body.
They are usually personal possessions, supplies to smooth the deceased's journey into an afterlife, or offerings to gods. Grave goods may be classed by researche ...
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See also
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Tocapu, geometrical motifs used by Incas.
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Anaku (dress), a skirt-type draped garment of indigenous women in the Inca Empire.
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Cumbi, a fine luxurious fabric of the Inca Empire.
References
Robes and cloaks
Inca culture
Textile arts of the Andes
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