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In Peru many centuries before the arrival of the Spanish, the Inca Empire knew all the secrets of the art of the loom; Among the many accessories that were used, we have: the chumpi, the lliclla, the chuspa (bag) and the chullo. Their styles, colors or ways of weaving vary but they always have the same use; Based on this, they mastered different techniques for brocade, in which they used: gold and silver threads, bat wings, hair, beads, metal plates, seashells, etc.

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