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  INCA 
  CULTURE 
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  widely 
  used 
  (pi. 
  79, 
  c). 
  All 
  known 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  are 
  also 
  of 
  Coas- 
  

   tal 
  origin, 
  but 
  round 
  gold 
  bangles 
  with 
  a 
  hole 
  in 
  the 
  edge, 
  which 
  were 
  

   probably 
  sewn 
  on 
  cloth, 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  several 
  excavations. 
  

   (Bandelier, 
  1910, 
  pis. 
  66, 
  78; 
  Bingham, 
  1930, 
  fig. 
  158; 
  Cobo, 
  1890-95, 
  

   bk. 
  14, 
  ch. 
  11.) 
  More 
  archeological 
  studies 
  of 
  Inca 
  Period 
  textiles 
  

   are 
  urgently 
  needed. 
  

  

  Basketry, 
  cordage, 
  and 
  matting. 
  —Abundant 
  material 
  for 
  study 
  

   exists 
  in 
  tombs 
  near 
  Cuzco, 
  a 
  little 
  of 
  which 
  has 
  found 
  its 
  way 
  into 
  mu- 
  

   seums, 
  but 
  none 
  of 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  studied. 
  From 
  superficial 
  obser- 
  

   vation, 
  it 
  seems 
  that 
  the 
  Inca 
  made 
  technically 
  excellent 
  baskets 
  

   and 
  mats, 
  but 
  took 
  little 
  trouble 
  to 
  decorate 
  them, 
  reserving 
  their 
  

   best 
  efforts 
  for 
  textiles, 
  pottery, 
  metalwork, 
  and 
  wood. 
  

  

  Skin 
  preparation. 
  — 
  The 
  Inca 
  had 
  little 
  use 
  for 
  skins. 
  Llama 
  neck 
  

   skin 
  was 
  used 
  for 
  sandal 
  soles, 
  and 
  braided 
  rawhide 
  thongs 
  were 
  used 
  

   as 
  alternatives 
  to 
  wool 
  to 
  make 
  bolas 
  and 
  slings. 
  Drumheads 
  were 
  

   made 
  of 
  skin. 
  Bodies 
  were 
  sometimes 
  sewn 
  in 
  hide 
  for 
  burial. 
  In 
  

   certain 
  ceremonies, 
  jaguar, 
  puma, 
  or 
  deer 
  skins 
  were 
  used 
  for 
  dance 
  

   costumes. 
  Tanning 
  was 
  not 
  practiced, 
  so 
  that 
  skin 
  objects 
  had 
  to 
  be 
  

   be 
  protected 
  from 
  water. 
  Skins 
  were 
  probably 
  prepared 
  in 
  the 
  manner 
  

   still 
  in 
  use 
  among 
  the 
  Aymara 
  (p. 
  535). 
  (See 
  also 
  Cobo, 
  1890-95, 
  bk. 
  14, 
  

   ch. 
  2; 
  Garcilaso, 
  1723, 
  pt. 
  1, 
  bk. 
  8, 
  ch. 
  16.) 
  

  

  Pottery. 
  — 
  The 
  chroniclers 
  say 
  little 
  about 
  Inca 
  pottery, 
  and 
  most 
  

   of 
  their 
  observations 
  can 
  be 
  readily 
  verified 
  on 
  archeological 
  specimens. 
  

   (Cf. 
  Cobo, 
  1890-95, 
  bk. 
  14, 
  ch. 
  4.) 
  

  

  Late 
  Inca 
  (Cuzco 
  Series) 
  pottery 
  is 
  a 
  beautifully 
  made 
  ware, 
  

   fine-grained 
  and 
  of 
  almost 
  metallic 
  hardness. 
  It 
  is 
  generally 
  thicker 
  

   than 
  earlier 
  wares, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  highly 
  polished 
  surface. 
  The 
  paste 
  

   often 
  shows 
  a 
  gradation 
  of 
  color 
  from 
  firing, 
  the 
  surfaces 
  being 
  

   brick 
  red 
  or 
  orange, 
  while 
  the 
  center 
  is 
  gray. 
  The 
  sherds 
  show 
  no 
  

   tendency 
  to 
  split, 
  however. 
  Large 
  pieces 
  are 
  frequently 
  fire-clouded. 
  

   The 
  most 
  common 
  colors 
  used 
  for 
  painting 
  were 
  white 
  and 
  lustrous 
  

   reds 
  and 
  blacks, 
  all 
  mineral 
  pigments. 
  

  

  Of 
  a 
  wide 
  variety 
  of 
  shapes, 
  the 
  two 
  most 
  common 
  are 
  a 
  shallow 
  

   plate 
  (pi. 
  77, 
  b) 
  with 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  handles 
  and 
  a 
  jar 
  (aryballos) 
  with 
  a 
  

   pointed 
  foot, 
  two 
  low-set 
  vertical 
  handles, 
  and 
  a 
  long 
  neck 
  (pi. 
  77, 
  a). 
  

   The 
  latter 
  is 
  for 
  the 
  storage 
  and 
  transportation 
  of 
  liquids. 
  The 
  most 
  

   common 
  shapes 
  of 
  Late 
  Inca 
  pottery 
  have 
  been 
  illustrated 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  

   times 
  (Bingham, 
  1930, 
  figs. 
  70-72; 
  Kowe, 
  1944). 
  Late 
  Inca 
  ware 
  

   (fig. 
  28) 
  is 
  characterized 
  in 
  general 
  by 
  a 
  high 
  degree 
  of 
  technical 
  

   excellence 
  and 
  the 
  constant 
  repetition 
  of 
  simple 
  geometric 
  patterns 
  

   in 
  the 
  decoration. 
  (See 
  p. 
  287.) 
  

  

  Potter's 
  clay 
  is 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  neighnorhood 
  of 
  Cuzco. 
  The 
  most 
  

   famous 
  pottery 
  works 
  in 
  ancient 
  times 
  were 
  those 
  at 
  San 
  Sebastian 
  

   (Sanyo), 
  about 
  3 
  miles 
  (5 
  km.) 
  from 
  Cuzco, 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  which 
  

  

  