The tradition & historical record
1 min read · 2 sourcesThe aguayo (possibly from awayu, Aymara for diaper and for a woven blanket to carry things on the back or to cover the back), or also quepina (possibly from Quechua q'ipi bundle) is a rectangular carrying cloth used in traditional communities in the Andes region of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Aymara and Quechua people use it to carry small children or various other items in it on their backs. It is similar to a lliklla and sometimes regarded as a synonym. 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Aguayo (cloth)”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
aguayo is rectangular carrying cloth used by women in traditional Andean communities in South America, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2
The source record links this tradition to 1 external register, which can be verified through the citation. 2