Un Tejedor de Tilcara
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content: Preloran, Jorge, 1933-2009
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content: Jorge Prelorán films
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content: Jorge Prelorán films / Series 1: Completed Films and Videos / 1.1: Films directed by Prelorán
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content: Human Studies Film Archives
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content: Archival materials
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content: Ethnographic film documents a traditional method of weaving using a horizontal loom introduced by the Spanish. Sinforiano Alancay, of Tilcara, Humahuaca Canyon, Jujuy Province, Argentina, is shown weaving a bedspread. Film was shot in March 1967 and released that same year. It may also be known by the title, "Sinforiano Alancay, Tejedor".