Weaving And Dyeing in Highland Ecuador
by Rowe, Ann Pollard; Miller, Laura M.; Meisch, Lynn A.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2007-03-01
Publisher(s): Univ of Texas Pr
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Summary
Textiles have been an important art form among Andean peoples from remote prehistory up to the present. A greater understanding of their creation process can yield a more meaningful appreciation of the art itself.
Table of Contents
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Introduction: The Land and the People | |
| Plain Weave on the Backstrap Loom | |
| Introduction | |
| Weaving in Pualó, Cotopaxi Province | |
| The Vertical Loom in Carchi Province | |
| Warp-Resist-Patterned Wool Ponchos and Blankets | |
| Introduction | |
| Ponchos in Chordeleg | |
| Blankets in Quero, Tungurahua Province | |
| Blankets in Pungalá, Eastern Chimborazo Province | |
| Poncho Rosado in Paniquindra, Eastern Imbabura Province | |
| Warp-Resist-Patterned Cotton Shawls and Ponchos | |
| Introduction | |
| Macanas in Rumipamba de las Rosas, Cotopaxi Province | |
| Paños in the Gualaceo Area, Azuay Province | |
| Kokomuro Poncho in Cacha Obraje, Central Chimborazo Province | |
| Belts with Supplementary-Warp Patterning | |
| Introduction | |
| Supplementary Warp Controlled by a Second Heddle Rod (with Pickup), Salasaca, Tungurahua Province | |
| Supplementary Warp Controlled by a Second Heddle Rod (with Pickup), Saraguro, Loja Province | |
| Supplementary Warp Controlled by a Second Heddle Rod (with Pickup), Molobóg, Eastern Chimborazo Province | |
| Supplementary Warp Controlled by a Second Heddle Rod (with Pickup), Nitón, Tungurahua Province | |
| Supplementary Warp Controlled by a Second Shed Stick (with Pickup), Collage, Cotopaxi Province | |
| Supplementary Warp Controlled by Second Shed Stick (with Pickup), Antonio Cando Camuendo, La Compañía, Otavalo Area, Imbabura Province | |
| Supplementary Warp Controlled by Second Shed Stick (with Pickup), Natabuela, Imbabura Province | |
| Supplementary Warp Controlled by Second Shed Stick (with Pickup), Carlos Conterón, Ilumán, Otavalo Area, Imbabura Province | |
| Supplementary Warp Controlled by Second Shed Stick (with Pickup), Chibuleo, Tungurahua Province | |
| Supplementary Warp Entirely Loom Controlled, Bar Design, Collage, Cotopaxi Province | |
| Supplementary Warp Entirely Loom Controlled, Miguel Andrango, Agato, Otavalo Area, Imbabura Province | |
| Supplementary Warp Entirely Loom Controlled, José Manuel Bautista, Agato, Otavalo Area, Imbabura Province | |
| Supplementary Warp Entirely Loom Controlled, Cacha, Central Chimborazo Province | |
| Turn-Banded 2/1 Twill Belts | |
| Introduction | |
| La Compañía, Otavalo Area, Imbabura Province | |
| Nitiluisa Central Chimborazo Province | |
| 2/1 Herringbone Complementary-Warp Weave Ponchos of the Otavalo Area, Imbabura Province | |
| 3/1 Alternating Complementary-Warp Weave Belts | |
| Introduction | |
| Banderilla Belt in Paniquindra, Eastern Imbabura Province | |
| Kawiña Belt in Central Chimborazo Province | |
| Cañari Belts, Cañar Province | |
| Treadle-Loom Weaving | |
| Introduction | |
| Santa Teresita Northern Chimborazo Province | |
| Salasaca, Tungurahua Province | |
| Belt Weaving in Ariasucu, Otavalo Area, Imbabura Province | |
| Natural Dyeing Techniques | |
| Introduction | |
| Indigo | |
| Cochineal in Salasaca, Tungurahua Province | |
| Conclusions | |
| Notes | |
| Glossary | |
| References Cited | |
| Contributors | |
| Index | |
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