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A woven book of knowledge : textile iconography of Cuzco, Peru / by Gail P. Silverman.
Van Pelt Library F3430.1.Q47 S55 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Silverman, Gail P.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Quero Indians--Material culture--Peru--Cuzco.
- Quero Indians.
- Indian textile fabrics--Peru--Cuzco.
- Indian textile fabrics.
- Textile design--Peru--Cuzco--Classification.
- Textile design.
- Classification.
- Material culture.
- Cuzco (Peru)--Social life and customs.
- Cuzco (Peru).
- Peru--Cuzco.
- Peru.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 226 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, [2008]
- Summary:
- Known for their intricate textiles, the Q'ero are a traditional Quechua-speaking Peruvian highland people. Their weavings are full of symbolic elements and motifs that encode specific cultural information and their textiles are the repositories for knowledge that has been passed down through generations.
- Based on ethnographic fieldwork undertaken between 1979 and 1991, A Woven Book of Knowledge examines and compares regional weaving styles and discusses the general texture of highland life. The author's long involvement with members of the Q'ero community has provided unique opportunities for insight into their ideas about weaving, iconography, and spatial and temporal concepts. But A Woven Book of Knowledge is more than an ethnographic study. If the warp of the book is the academic rigor of anthropology and linguistics, the weft is Silverman's love for the textiles and for the Q'ero people. That passion has kept her in Cuzco for years, dedicating her career to the study of the local textile tradition.
- Contents:
- Q'ero : a window on the Inca world
- Weaving the book
- The structure of space
- The woven shadow of time
- Para tiempo and osari tiempo : seasonal time
- Lista : a color classification for goods
- The graphic representation of the myth of Inkarri
- The graphic lexicon
- The book of knowledge woven in Q'ero cloth.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-219) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780874809091
- 0874809096
- OCLC:
- 184827640
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