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37. (46) waytu; generally 1 day produce 5-7,8varas waytu- pantalones — 2 cueros, 2 weeks spinning, 1 day weaving, 1/2 day sewing by hand, dying powder he considered spinning difficult, dificil, mucho trabajo, considered weaving watyu easy, weaving pantalones more difficult, and considered women's spinning and weaving difficult cueros bought in Puno with money [[belts?]] dyed by spinners with powderbought [[left margin]]dyes[[/left margin]] old chalinas — chapi chapi (herb) used to produce red and/or yellow (?)[[sic]] taking 3 days. Blue from anilin, taking 1 week — 3 dyes bath each 1 night and 1 day— 1st blue like jeans, 2nd blue like sleeping bag, 3rd blue= black. for making of waytu, children "todos" help spin. He bougth cotton in Chincha para "recordar(?)" 3 members of family, cunado with bad arm, Lucia + Domingo, y Gerardo went to Tacna [[strikethrough]] went [[/strikethrough]] for 1 month to recoger aji — they want money to buy mestizo clothes — pantalones, camisa — said little kids want ropa too, aborido de Taquile watu — said Taquileans insulted in Puno — haven't you changed yet. Unclear if ropa is desired for wear only in Puno or for Taquile too — mentioned waytu for Taquileans — warmer, last longer, water resistant. said money for weaving is not enough so workedin other cities (47) [[left margin]] loom [[/left margin]] discussing European loom and ground loom Luis said fround loom is "better" because you can produce designs all over as desired, beg. or mid. or end, which you cannot do on floor loom — that the weaving from a ground loom is better, finer — seems ground loom will be used for lliklla, poncho showed Basilia's coca bag, brown ground, pink, red, white pallay, edging on all sides and top green/white-pink/white-/red/white fiesta list 2 Febrero — Candelaria
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