Hidden Threads of Peru: Q'Ero Textiles
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (874 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1858941482 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Excellent full color catalog" according to Krazyshaman. This is a wonderful, full color, heavily illustrated catalog. It features pictures of Q'ero textiles as well as pictures the Q'ero themselves in their home high in the Andes. I bought the paperback edition of this catalog directly from the Textile Museum in Washington DC's online shop for a discounted price.. Allison Peacock said A must have for any serious student of the Q'ero. This is a treasure trove and deserves a place in any serious library on the Q'ero. Although focused on their textile arts, it's full of historical and cultural information that goes far beyond the subject of the book. In fact, I found information in this book that I'd not read anywhere else in more than a year of research on the Q'ero people. I still pinch
. John Cohen is a photographer, filmmaker, and musician who has made many trips to Q'ero over the past forty years. About the Author Ann Pollard Rowe is Curator of New World Textiles at The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C
Q'ero is an isolated indigenous community on the eastern slope of the Andes. Hidden Threads of Peru combines ethnography, anecdote, and textile art to offer fascinating new insights into a culture that can trace its traditions back to the Inca empire. The Q'ero people themselves discuss the significance of the fabrics they make and the nature of their Andean life, while photographs taken from the early twentieth century to the present day illustrate their daily life and rituals, as well as -- in sumptuous full color -- the textiles themselves, revealing the evolution and range of patterns over a one-hundred-year period.. Woven from the hair of local alpacas, the colorful shawls, ponchos, bags, and other textiles produced are worn daily and form part of the rituals and ceremonies of Q'ero. In this harsh environment, a rich and complex textile tradition has endured from pre-Hispanic times
Ann Pollard Rowe is Curator of New World Textiles at The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C. John Cohen is a photographer, filmmaker, and musician who has made many trips to Q'ero over the past forty years.