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Squares of design on Inca cloth.
Also known as: Inca textile squares
The Inca system of geometric squares woven into elite textiles, whose meaning remains undeciphered.
Appear in ordered arrangements on high-status Inca textiles and vessels.
Contexts: History
Their regularity and ordering have long suggested they carry information rather than decoration, but no decipherment is accepted and proposals ranging from heraldry to writing remain unproven.
No proposed reading of tocapu is established; the system is undeciphered.
Contexts: History
Small squares filled with geometric motifs, arranged in rows and bands across a woven garment, each square a distinct design.