Hidden threads of Peru : Q'ero textiles / Ann Pollard Rowe and John Cohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rowe, Ann Pollard.

Contributor:

Cohen, John, 1932-2019.

Textile Museum (Washington, D.C.)

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quero textile fabrics.

Quero Indians--Social life and customs.

Quero Indians.

Quero Indians--Rites and ceremonies.

Rites and ceremonies.

Manners and customs.

Physical Description:

160 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm

Other Title:

Q'ero textiles

Place of Publication:

London : Merrell, 2002.

Summary:

Q'ero is an isolated indigenous community in southern Peru, on the eastern slopes of the Andes. In this harsh environment, a rich and complex textile tradition, the chief artistic expression of the Q'ero people, has endured from pre-Hispanic times. Woven from alpaca hair, the colorful shawls, ponchos bags, and other textiles produced are still worn daily, and form an important part of the rituals and ceremonies of the Q'ero. Examining their distinctive textile traditions, Hidden Threads of Peru: Q'ero Textiles combines ethnography and anecdote, as well as their beautiful and much sought after textile art, to offer a fascinating new insight into a culture that can trace its traditions back to the Inca empire. The Q'ero people themselves discuss the significance of the fabrics they make and the nature of their Andean life, while photographs taken from the early twentieth century to the present day illustrate the daily life and rituals of the people, as well as -- in sumptuous full color -- the textiles themselves, revealing the evolution and range of patterns over a one-hundred-year period.

Contents:

Maps of Peru, Cuzco, and Q'ero 12

Introduction: Why Q'ero? / Ann Pollard Rowe 14

Introduction: Working in Q'ero / John Cohen 16

Chapter 1 Life in Q'ero 23

Chapter 2 Textiles and Their Uses 47

Chapter 3 Making Textiles 81

Chapter 4 Textile Design and Aesthetics 107

Chapter 5 Religion and Festivals 133.

Notes:

Published in association with The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-159) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

1858941482

OCLC:

47119836