Textile Traditions of Mesoamerica and the Andes

by Schevill, Margot Blum; Berlo, Janet Catherine; Dwyer, Edward B.

• ISBN13: 9780292777149
• ISBN10: 0292777140
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-10-01
• Publisher: Univ of Texas Pr

Summary

"This is a vital, worthwhile book that fills an important need and is very much in phase with current anthropological thinking.... This anthology will be particularly rewarding to readers interested in traditional indigenous communities and the insight gleaned from a detailed consideration of cloth and clothing." --American Anthropologist "The essays in this book are informative and a pleasure to read. Collectively they make the reader want to journey to Mesoamerica and the Andes to view in person the cloth and clothing of the indigenous communities." --Latin American Anthropology Review In this volume, anthropologists, art historians, fiber artists, and technologists come together to explore the meanings, uses, and fabrication of textiles in Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia from Precolumbian times to the present. Originally published in 1991 by Garland Publishing, the book grew out of a 1987 symposium held in conjunction with the exhibit "Costume as Communication: Ethnographic Costumes and Textiles from Middle America and the Central Andes of South America" at the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University.

Table of Contents

Preface to the 1996 Edition	xv
Contributors	xvii
I Introduction
The Communicative Power of Cloth and Its Creation	3	(16)
Margot Blum Schevill
II Mesoamerica
Spinning and Weaving as Female Gender Identity in Post-Classic Mexico	19	(26)
Sharisse D. McCafferty
Geoffrey G. McCafferty
Communicative Imagery in Guatemalan Indian Dress	45	(18)
Cherri M. Pancake
A Line at a Time: Innovative Patterning in the Isthmus of (Isthmian) Mexico	63	(26)
Pamela Scheinman
Dress and Civil-Religious Hierarchy in Solola, Guatemala	89	(16)
Guisela Mayen
Dress and the Human Landscape in Guatemala: The Case of Tecpan, Guatemala	105	(22)
Carol Hendrickson
Woman's Costume as a Code in Comalapa, Guatemala	127	(18)
Linda Asturias de Barrios
III Central Andes of South America
We Are Sons of Atahualpa and We Will Win: Traditional Dress in Otavalo and Saraguro, Ecuador	145	(34)
Lynn A. Meisch
Regional Dress of the Colca Valley, Peru: A Dynamic Tradition	179	(26)
Blenda Femenias
Nature Versus Culture: The Image of the Uncivilized Wild-Man in Textiles from the Department of Cuzco, Peru	205	(26)
Lee Anne Wilson
Clothes and Identity in the Central Andes: Province of Abancay, Peru	231	(30)
Raquel Ackerman
Ethnic Dress and Calcha Festivals, Bolivia	261	(22)
Mary Ann Medlin
IV Weaving and Dyeing Technology
Dual-Lease Weaving: An Andean Loom Technology	283	(26)
Ed Franquemont
Resist Dyeing in Mexico: Comments on Its History, Significance, and Prevalence	309	(28)
Virginia Davis
The Ikat Shawl Traditions of Northern Peru and Southern Ecuador	337	(22)
Laura Martin Miller
The Dyes Used in Guatemalan Textiles: A Diachronic Approach	359	(22)
Robert S. Carlsen
David A. Wenger
V The Marketing of Textiles
Export Markets and Their Effects on Indigenous Craft Production: The Case of the Weavers of Tcotitlan del Valle, Mexico	381	(22)
Lynn Stephen
The Marketing of Maya Textiles in Highland Chiapas, Mexico	403	(34)
Walter F. Morris, Jr.
VI Conclusion
Beyond Bricolage: Women and Aesthetic Strategies in Latin American Textiles	437	(43)
Janet Catherine Berlo
Additional References	480	(3)
Glossary	483	(12)
Index	495