ANCIENT INCAN PONCHO 

 Near the opening for the head the Inca is shown, with his battle-axe and shield and wearing a poncho, 

 decorations in the upper half of the garment represent feathers; below they are geometrical designs. 

 poncho comes from the island of Titicaca, Bolivia 



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down with the baton or weaver's sword 

 until they met over the cotton warp 

 threads and completely covered them. 

 For twisting their threads the Peruvians 

 used wooden spindles weighted with 



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whorls, which were generally made of 

 clay, tastefully decorated. 



In the fall of 1912 the Museum's 

 exhibit of these old Peruvian textiles 

 was installed in the South American gal- 



