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Bon : tintes naturales.
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- Mayan languages
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Tzotzil textile fabrics.
- Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers--Mexico--Chiapas.
- Dyes and dyeing.
- Dyes and dyeing, Domestic--Mexico--Chiapas.
- Dyes and dyeing, Domestic.
- Dyes and dyeing--Wool--Mexico--Chiapas.
- Dye plants--Mexico--Chiapas.
- Dye plants.
- Tzotzil Indians--Clothing.
- Tzotzil Indians.
- Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers.
- Dyes and dyeing--Wool.
- Mexico--Chiapas.
- Genre:
- Artists' books -- Mexico -- Chiapas -- 1989.
- Artists' books.
- Physical Description:
- 80 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- 2a. edición.
- Place of Publication:
- San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas : [Taller Leñateros], 1989.
- Language Note:
- Spanish and Tzotzil.
- Summary:
- Describes various plants used in dying cloth for weaving and includes the traditional techniques used by the Tzotzil Indians.
- Notes:
- Cover title.
- Transcribed by Ámbar Past from conversations with artisans; vignettes by Patricia Morris; serigraphs by Miguel Angel Hernández and Miriam Paniagua.
- "La asociación de grupos de artesanas indígenas "Sna Jolobil" (Casa de los Tejidos),que agrupa 20 diferentes parajes de 8 municipios del estado de Chiapas, en el sureste de México, incrementa dentro de sus actividades el rescate de las técnicas de teñido con plantas y ofrece a sus socios cursos sobre teñidos tradicionales....Este folleto es un instructivo que contiene las fórmulas más comunes para teñir. Es una recopilación de Sna Jolobil y con las ganancias obtenidas con la venta de este folleto se creará un fondo destinado a conservar la tradición del teñido promovido por "Sna Jolobil"--Page 3.
- Includes a sample of dyed fibers: red, yellow, ocher, and blue fibers braided together.
- Issued in orange paper portfolio (25 cm) decorated with a block print in dark blue, green, yellow, and red.
- OCLC:
- 27472900
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