Textile traditions of Mesoamerica and the Andes
Subtitle: an anthology
By: edited by Margot Blum Schevil, Janet Catherine Berlo, Edward B. Dwyer.
Contributors: Schevill, Margot.; Berlo, Janet Catherine.; Dwyer, Edward Bridgman.
Edition: 1st University of Texas Press ed.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 503
Subjects: Indian textile fabrics -- Mexico; Indian textile fabrics -- Guatemala; Indian textile fabrics -- Andes Region; Indians of Mexico -- Clothing; Indians of Central America -- Clothing -- Guatemala; Indians of South America -- Clothing -- Andes Region
Description: "Chapters provide detailed information on manufacturing (spinning, weaving, dyeing, decorating); communicative significance (ethnicity, identity, tradition, rank, geographic origin); and marketing and commercialization among contemporary groups of indigenous descent"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Originally published: New York : Garland, 1991.