Shawl Item Number: 3486/154 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Woman’s shoulder shawl (lliklla) made of two separate panels; each panel has four selvedges and a break in the pattern near one end. Designs are mainly crosses, hooks, chevrons, and diagonal lines. Narrow bands with blue, white and red squares flank the widest pattern band. A group of seven pattern bands repeats on both sides of the centre seam and parallel to the outside edges.
A lliklla (Quechua) or manta (Spanish) is worn as a shawl that is fastened around the shoulders with a pin, but it can also be worn as a cloth for carrying things on the back.
Shawl was woven on a staked-out ground loom or body-tensioned loom; loom are indigenous. Main designs are woven in a 2-colour, supplementary warp weave (red and white), called “ley” technique by weavers. Narrow bands with squares are woven in a float weave. The tubular edging (ribete) is woven in warp-faced plain weave.
Purchased by donor in Pisac Sunday market in 1984.