The Met holds a work made of this material with French lettering and scenes from Greek mythology, and a lliklla (“LEEK-l’yah”) made of this material that imitates Spanish-style lattice motifs. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this material used to make low-quality awasqa or high-quality qunpi (“COMB-pee”), decorated with tukapu motifs. A red llawt’u (“l’YAO-too”) decorated the maskhaypacha, an imperial symbol made of this material.
ANSWER: camelid wool [or millma or millwa or willma; accept camelid hair or camelid fur; accept fleece in place of “wool”; accept llama, alpaca, or vicuña in place of “camelid”; prompt on hair or fur; prompt on textile or fabric or clothing or p’achakuna by asking “made of what substance?”; prompt on cotton or utkhu by asking “what material is more commonly used?”; reject “rope” or “chord”]
[10h] The finest qunpi cloth, unmatched in thread count until the Industrial Revolution, was woven from vicuña wool by these sequestered Inca women, who were responsible for chicha brewing and trained in namesake wasis.
ANSWER: akllas (“ACK-l’yahs”) [or akllakuna or acllas; accept aklla wasikuna or acllahuasis; accept iñaqa]
[10e] The coarsest wool was instead woven by commoners and used to make chusi, a cloth used for ch’uspa sacks and blankets, or the knotted cords that comprise these recordkeeping devices.
ANSWER: khipus [or khipukuna or quipus]
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