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Q'ero is an isolated indigenous community on the eastern slope of the Andes. In this harsh environment a rich and complex textile tradition has endured from pre-Hispanic times. 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. 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.
TITLE: The Hidden Threads of Peru
AUTHOR: Ann Pollard Rowe
SKU: 9781858941486
PUBLISHER: Merrell Publishers Ltd
DATE PUBLISHED: 04/04/2002
PLACE PUBLISHED: United Kingdom
PAGES: 160
BINDING: Hardback
LANGUAGE: English
DIMENSIONS: 235 mm x 279 mm
WEIGHT: 1114 gr