A woven book of knowledge
Subtitle: textile iconography of Cuzco, Peru
By: by Gail P. Silverman.
Publisher: University of Utah Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Salt Lake City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780874809091
Subjects: Quero Indians -- Material culture -- Peru -- Cuzco; Indian textile fabrics -- Peru -- Cuzco; Textile design -- Peru -- Cusco -- Classification; Cuzco (Peru) -- Social life and customs
Description: "Known for their intricate textiles, the Q'ero are a traditional Quechua-speaking Peruvian highland people. Their weavings are full of symbolic elements and motifs that encode specific cultural information and their textiles are the repositories for knowledge that has been passed down through generations. Based on ethnographic fieldwork undertaken between 1979 and 1991, [book title] examines and compares regional weaving styles and discusses the general texture of highland life."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Q'ero : a window on the Inca world; title: Weaving the book; title: The structure of space; title: The woven shadow of time; title: Para tiempo and osari tiempo : seasonal time; title: Lista : a color classification for goods; title: The graphic representation of the myth of Inkarri; title: The graphic lexicon; title: The book of knowledge woven in Q'ero cloth.