Moche/Mochica/Chimú Women’s Dress. The Chimú were an Andean culture before the I

Moche/Mochica/Chimú Women’s Dress. The Chimú were an Andean culture before the Inca. Chimú is often used for the period between 1200 and 1500 AD, while Moche or Mochica is usually used for the earlier period from 200 AD on.Women cut their hair into bangs and covered their long braids with bright coloured wraps or string (not sure which). Necklaces were worn, and nose-rings, but most women are shown without earrings or plugs (common for the men).It is possible that women painted a square on each cheek, seen on some figurines (not shown here.) Mummies have also been discovered with tattoos on their arms and legs.Dress seems to have been a long shirt/dress, probably belted at the waist. Some of the figurines and images have a shawl over their head, covering all their hair except the two long plaits hanging down their chest. During the later Incan period, this was kept on with a heavily decorated string around the crown of the head - I’m not sure if earlier cultures did the same.Please note that the shirts/ponchos in all the images after the first 3 depict male costume. I’m including them to show patterns and construction style.The following images are ear spools, a necklace, a nose ring, and one sandal design from the period. (The ear spools were probably not worn by women, but they have LIZARDS on them and I needed to share the amazingness.)(All images from the books “The Desert Kingdoms of Peru” by Victor W. von Hagen, “Ancestors of the Incas” by Federico Kauffman-Doig, and “Dress and Ornaments in Ancient Peru” by Gösta Monteli except for the slightly damaged checquered textile. It was found on an online auction site.)(Please note that I am not a professional historian and nothing I say should be believed without confirmation from better sources.) -- source link

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