A ''lliklla'' (

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language **So ...

, hispanicized spellings ''liclla, llicla, lliclla'') is a rectangular, handwoven shoulder cloth. It is worn by

women of the

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region in

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and

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. Traditionally it is fastened at the front using a decorated pin called ''tupu''. In the Quechua-speaking community of

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, men and women wear distinctive garments that identify them by gender and their community. These garments are woven in two parts—symmetrical opposites that are sewn together. Wide blue bands called ''pampakuna'', or fields, are set apart by multi-striped panels filled with colorful geometric designs. Typically,

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-blue fields are characteristic of Chinchero women's garments. A ''

q'ipirina The ''aguayo'' (possibly from ''awayu'', Aymara language, Aymara for diaper and for a weaving, woven blanket to carry things on the back or to cover the back), or also ''quepina'' (possibly from Quechua language, Quechua ''q'ipi'' bundle)''Diccion ...

'' is similar to a ''lliklla'' but larger, worn over the back to carry small children or all sorts of products, and knotted at the front.

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File:Woman's Shawl (Lliqlla), 2002.62.9.jpg, Woman's Shawl (''Lliqlla''),

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File:Pongo 0436b.jpg, Quechua woman near

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, Bolivia, wearing a ''lliklla'' File:Altiplano bolivie769m.jpg, Women in the Bolivian

Altiplano The Altiplano (Spanish for "high plain"), Collao (Quechua and Aymara: Qullaw, meaning "place of the Qulla") or Andean Plateau, in west-central South America, is the most extensive high plateau on Earth outside Tibet. The plateau is located at the ...

wearing ''llikllas''

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