Anaku (dress)
Anaku (Aqsu, Aksu) was a skirt-type garment of indigenous women in the Inca Empire. It was a long drape dress straight in shape, falling to ankle length.
Style[edit]
Anaku was a typical dress of Andean women. It was a long rectangular piece of woven cloth wool fibers, a simple draping garment. The traditional wearing style of Otavalo women was different, as they were wearing it with a blouse. An ankle-length anaku (as an underskirt) was wrapped over with another anku.[1][2][3]
Evolution[edit]
The full-body Anaku evolved to half-body Anaku in certain areas. Initially, the anaku was larger, that changed with generations; the length of the garment became shorter and changed to half of the ancestral version. It is still a costume that Otavalo people wore.[4] Anku was tied around the waist with a sash called ''chumbi'' or ''chumpi'' or ''Chumpia''. There was a similar type but ankle-length garment ''aksu'' that was worn in Southern parts. Anaku as a wrap skirt still worn around Northern Ecuador.[1][5][6][3][7]
See also[edit]
- Uncu, a men's garment of the Inca Empire
- Tocapu, geometrical motifs used by Incas
- Cumbi, a fine luxurious fabric of the Inca Empire
References[edit]
- ^ a b Meisch, Lynn A. (2012-10-03). Costume and History in Highland Ecuador. University of Texas Press. p. 309. ISBN 978-0-292-74985-6.
- ^ Jarvis, Kathy (2000). Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia : the backpacker's manual. Internet Archive. Guilford, CT : Globe Pequot Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-898323-95-2.
- ^ a b Schevill, Margot Blum; Berlo, Janet Catherine; Dwyer, Edward B. (2010-07-05). Textile Traditions of Mesoamerica and the Andes: An Anthology. University of Texas Press. pp. 150, 154, 158. ISBN 978-0-292-78761-2.
- ^ Meisch, Lynn (2002). Andean entrepreneurs : Otavalo merchants and musicians in the global arena. Internet Archive. Austin : University of Texas Press. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-292-75258-0.
- ^ Meisch, Lynn A. "South America: History of Dress". LoveToKnow. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
- ^ Colloredo-Mansfeld, Rudolf Josef (1999). The native leisure class : consumption and cultural creativity in the Andes. Internet Archive. Chicago : University of Chicago Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-226-11394-4.
- ^ "Indigenous clothing changes in the Andean highlands under Spanish colonialism" (PDF).
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