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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 10357672, member: 8267&quot;]Given the condition of the textile, it was most likely recovered from an ancient burial site. As Any Jewelry noted, the design looks like other textiles excavated from sites of the Paracas (800-100 BCE) and subsequent Nazca/Nasca (100 BCE - 800 AD) cultures in southern coastal Peru. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]521193[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/30833" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/30833" rel="nofollow">https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/30833</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The weaving technique appears to be an example of &quot;discontinuous warp and weft&quot;, or &quot;scaffold&quot; weaving. This unique method of weaving was first developed in the Paracas tradition. The technique, known as &quot;ticlla&quot; in the Quechua language, has been analyzed and revived by the weavers of the Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco (CTTC) community of Pitumarca. It uses a frame loom, rather than a simpler backstrap loom, and the warps can be set up running in different directions.</p><p><br /></p><p>These pictures are taken from an article that explains the technique -</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://andeantextilearts.org/ticlla-a-discontinuous-weaving-technique/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://andeantextilearts.org/ticlla-a-discontinuous-weaving-technique/" rel="nofollow">https://andeantextilearts.org/ticlla-a-discontinuous-weaving-technique/</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]521222[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]521223[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is some more information on the history of the discovery and dispersal of pre-columbian textiles -</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bgc.bard.edu/research/articles/354/paracas-and-other-andean-textiles" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bgc.bard.edu/research/articles/354/paracas-and-other-andean-textiles" rel="nofollow">https://www.bgc.bard.edu/research/articles/354/paracas-and-other-andean-textiles</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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