Textiles and Dress

Cumbi

Cumbi (Qunpi, Qompi, Kumpi) was a fine luxurious fabric of the Inca Empire. Elites used to offer cumbi to the rulers, and it was a reserved cloth for Royalty. Common people were not allowed to use Cumbi. Cumbi was a phenomenal textile art of Andean textiles.

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• ▸Dressing gown
• ▸Collection (museum)
• ▸Dyeing

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