Uncu

Uncu (Unku[1]) was a men's garment of the Inca Empire. It was an upper-body garment of knee-length; Royals wore it with a mantle cloth called ''yacolla.'' Women wore a long dress known as an anaku.

Uncu

Structure

Uncu was similar to a long tunic, ranging between 84 and 100 cms, with a 72-79 cms width range. However, the length of the highland and coastal garments was different; Uncu in the highland were sleeveless and longer than the coastal tunic. Kings, nobles, and ordinary people all wore Uncu. The design and motifs for these dresses were rank-, cultural-, and event-specific. For example, capac uncu was a rich, powerful shirt worn by Inca Roca (the king). Inca royals clothing consisted of ''tocapu'' an art of geometric figures enclosed by rectangles or squares.[2][3][4][1][5][6]

Each garment was woven individually.[7]

Material

Ordinary Uncu was made from cotton blending with various camelidae fibres such as llama, alpaca, guanaco, and vicuña, but for royal use, a whole finest cloth (cumbi) was used.[8]

  • Uncu
    Uncu
  • Uncu
    Uncu
  • Inca tunic
    Inca tunic
  • Inca Tunic, 15th-16th Century
    Inca Tunic, 15th-16th Century
  • Tocapu. Textiles worn by the Inca elite consisting of geometric figures enclosed by rectangles or squares.
    Tocapu. Textiles worn by the Inca elite consisting of geometric figures enclosed by rectangles or squares.

References
  1. Dean, Carolyn Sue (1990). Painted Images of Cuzco's Corpus Christi: Social Conflict and Cultural Strategy in Viceregal Peru. University of California, Los Angeles. p. 227.
  2. Cummins, Thomas B. F.; Anderson, Barbara (2008-09-23). The Getty Murua: Essays on the Making of Martin de Murua's "Historia General del Piru", J. Paul Getty Museum Ms. Ludwig XIII 16. Getty Publications. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-89236-894-5.
  3. Feltham, Jane (1989). Peruvian textiles. Internet Archive. Aylesbury : Shire. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-7478-0014-9.
  4. Shimada, Izumi (2015-06-01). The Inka Empire: A Multidisciplinary Approach. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-1-4773-0393-1.
  5. Vargas, Carlos A. González; Rosati, Hugo; Sánchez, Sánchez Cabello (2002). Guaman Poma: testigo del mundo andino (in Spanish). Lom Ediciones. pp. 57, 113, 122, 123, 146. ISBN 978-956-282-560-3.
  6. Bonavia, Duccio (1985). Mural Painting in Ancient Peru. Indiana University Press. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-253-33940-9.
  7. Murra, John V. (1980). The Economic Organization of the Inka State. JAI Press. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-89232-118-6.
  8. "The Andean Uncu". LACMA. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
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