El tejido andino
Subtitle: un libro de Sabiduría
By: Gail P. Silverman ; traducido por Javier Flores Espinoza y Mariana Pease Mould.
Publisher: Banco Central de Reserva del Perú, Fondo Editorial
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Lima
Language: spa
Number of pages: 202
Subjects: Quero textile fabrics -- Peru -- Quero.; Textile design -- Peru -- Quero.; Hand weaving -- Peru -- Quero -- Patterns.
Description: "Ethnographic study examines Quero weaving techniques and pictorial motifs.  Cosmological knowledge in pictograms are compared to motifs in precolumbian tocapu designs and analyzed in the context of notions of space and time. Analyzes various motifs within context of the Inkarrí myth, the story of the first Inca and Quero culture hero"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-196) and index.
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Université René Descartes, 1987) under the title: Le mode tissé du temps.