Words of Chan K'in : Lacandon jungle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chan K'in.

Contributor:

Taller Leñateros (San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Mexico)

Standardized Title:

Palabras de Chan K'in. English

Language:

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Artists' books--Mexico.

Artists' books.

Maya philosophy.

Maya art.

Mexico.

Genre:

artists' books (books)

Artists' books.

Artists' books -- Mexico.

Physical Description:

6 leaves ; 12 x 17 cm

Other Title:

Lacandon jungle

Place of Publication:

San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México : Taller Leñateros, [200-?]

Notes:

"This talking box was created as a tribute to the author of these words, Chan K'in viejo, patriarch of the Lacandon Maya, who died the 23rd of December of 1996 at the age of 116"--Colophon.

"The box and papers inside it were made by Mayan women using pansy flowers and renewable fibers from the rainforest, such as banana trunks, pineneedles, oak leaves, ferns, corn husks, lichen, vines and palm fronds"--Colophon.

In portfolio (18 cm.).

Handmade book printed on fine paper made by Mayan women using pansy flowers, banana trunks and palm fronds. The pages are loose-leaf and kept in a box made of textured paper using the same renewable materials. Each page contains a line of text which were spoken by Chan K'In Viejo, patriarch of the Lacandon Maya until his death in 1996 at the age of 116. The materials used to make the book are in conversation with the content, which is a brief statement on the cosmic connection between the trees planted on Earth and the stars in the sky.

OCLC:

70861095