El arte textil maya en los Altos de Chiapas : devenir de una práctica cultural / Claudia Adelaida Gil Corredor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gil Corredor, Claudia Adelaida, author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Textile fabrics--Mexico--Chiapas.

Textile fabrics.

Textile crafts--Mexico--Chiapas.

Textile crafts.

Textile design--Mexico--Chiapas.

Textile design.

Indian textile fabrics--Mexico.

Indian textile fabrics.

Physical Description:

185 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.

Edition:

Primera edición.

Place of Publication:

Tuxtla Gutiœrrez, Chiapas : Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, 2020.

Language Note:

In Spanish.

Summary:

A systematic and rigorous research on contemporary textile art in the highlands of Chiapas, particularly in two communities: the tsotsiles and the tzeltales, heirs of a ancient Mayan art expressed in artistic designs created essentially by women using the Pre-Hispanic technique of the back-strap weaving known as the "telar de cintura".

Contents:

Introducción

I. Urdimbre maya

II. Fibras tsotsiles y tseltales

III. Textualidad del tejido maya

Conclusiones

Anexo

Catálogo de prendas textiles

Index de imágenes

Glosario.

Notes:

Includes glossary.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-185)

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9786075431055

6075431055

OCLC:

1297843099