[PDF.56tl] Woven Stories: Andean Textiles and Rituals

Woven Stories: Andean Textiles and Rituals

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 | #1386855 in Books |  University of New Mexico Press |  2003-02-18 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  1.00 x8.87 x10.89l,2.85 | File type: PDF | 214 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Excellent and unique book|By Amis|I wanted a design book for knitting Andean patterns with explanations of the meaning of the symbols. There is no such thing at the present time. This book more than makes up for it I find it very comprehensive and scholarly|19 of 19 people found the following review helpful.| A fine pick for college-level art/cultu| |"There seems little doubt that Heckman is correct in her central thesis of textiles as metaphors and, further, that the metaphors are in many ways alive and persistent in the identity of rural Quechua-speaking peoples. The book is certainly important to those

The Quechua people of southern Peru are both agriculturalists and herders who maintain large herds of alpacas and llamas. But they are also weavers, and it is through weaving that their cultural traditions are passed down over the generations. Owing to the region’s isolation, the textile symbols, forms of clothing, and technical processes remain strongly linked to the people’s environment and their ancestors.

Heckman’s photographs convey the warmth a...

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