ANTIQUE VINTAGE BOLIVIA NATIVE INDIAN CEREMONIAL PONCHO

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Dear Mothers' World Famous NO PANTS Auction!Due to medical issues we will be auctioning a number of great items! We appreciate your bid!! IF YOU LIKE THIS STUFF PLEASE CHECK BACK! VITAL STATISTICSANTIQUE VINTAGE OLD BOLIVIA INDIAN CEREMONIAL PONCHO:C.; ?, Approx.; 47" x 44", 3 1/2" fringe, FINE Condition, ageappropriate wear, but not much, neck seam undoing slightly, slight fringe damage, $16 Shipping Continental. We combineRARE Ceremonial Poncho used in ritual and official duties in Andean Indigenous communities.Great Condition, although it shows much ethnographic use, it was well kept; gorgeous woven edges and spectacular multicolored fringe!Superb multi hued background with an intricate series of diamonds and bars, a first class bit of weaving!I LOVE South American textiles, better than the Navajo but half as cheap! I believe they are highly undervalued!These textiles often reveal w the weaver/ wearer is from in their symbols and decoration, and a finer piece,such as this, was worn as a symbol of office in the community, and for ritual and ceremonial use.Bolivian weaving is widely recognized as among the finest in the world!Each thread has been hand spun! These are hand loomed on a back strap loom, the hand work and hours are boggling to contemplate!A dying art! Even today you cannot find this caliber weaving! A true masterpiece!Navajo got nothing on this! These guys taught the Navajo! History The Aymara have existed in the Andes in what is now Bolivia (and, to a lesser extent, Peru) for over 2,000 years, according to some estimates. Some scholars, and many Aymara themselves, associate them with the highly advanced civilization centered at Tiwanaku, though due to the lack of written history this cannot be proven conclusively, and does not fit with the linguistic evidence. The region w Tiwanaku and the modern Aymara are located, the Altiplano, was conquered by the Incas under Huayna Capac (reign 1483-1523), although the exact date of this takeover is unknown. It is most likely that the Inca had a strong influence over the Aymara region for some time. The architecture for which the Inca are now known is clearly modeled after the Tiwanaku style. Though conquered by the Inca, the Aymara retained some degree of autonomy under the empire. T were a number of ethnic groups which were later to be known Aymara by the Spanish. These were divided upon different chieftanties. These included the Charqa, Qharaqhara, Quillaca, Asanaqui, Carangas, Sivaroyos, Haracapi, Pacapes, Lupacas, and Soras, among others. Upon arrival of the Spanish, all these groups were spread in what today is Bolivia. Looking at the history of the languages, however, rather than their current distribution, it is clear that Aymara was once spoken much further north, at least as far north as central Peru, w most Andean linguists feel it is most likely that Aymara originated. In fact, the Inca nobility may themselves originally have been Aymara-speakers, who switched to Quechua only shortly before the Inca expansion. For example, the Cuzco area has many Aymara place names, and the so-called 'Secret language of the Incas' actually appears to be a form of Aymara. Culture The native language of the Aymara is also named Aymara; in addition, many Aymara speak Spanish, which is the dominant language of the countries in which they live, as a second language. The Aymara flag is known as the Wiphala; it consists of seven colors quilted together with diagonal stripes. Aymara have grown and chewed coca plants for centuries, and used its leaves in traditional medicine as well as in ritual offerings to the sun god Inti and the earth goddess Pachamama. Over the last century, this has brought them into conflict with state authorities who have carried out coca eradication plans in order to prevent the creation of the drug cocaine, which is created by extracting the chemical from coca leaves in a complex chemical process. Coca plays a profound ro... read more

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