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20th-century Andean Textiles: Researched by Alisha Heitz

January, 2021 by Sarah Teel

The indigenous peoples of the Andean region of South America are master textile makers, with an ancient history of creating textiles that spans millennia.  The Andeans developed an ingeniously simple but highly flexible, portable type of loom known as the backstrap loom, which allowed weavers to bring their work with them and to practice their techniques virtually … [Read more...] about 20th-century Andean Textiles: Researched by Alisha Heitz

Filed Under: 2018 Fall, ART 385: Art of the Americas Tagged With: 20th century textiles, andean textiles, awayo, bolivia, bolivian mestizo culture, camelids, catholic-inspired woven bag, chancay-style chuspa, chuspa, ecuador, ikat, ikat pillowcase, otavalo culture, peru, pervian mestizo culture, quechua mestizo culture, sicán-style tapestry, tumi knife

“Chancay Dolls”: Researched and Conserved by Jonathan Kohlhorst and Sophie Grus

March, 2016 by Codee Ratliff

BEFORE CONSERVATION     AFTER CONSERVATION   These two figures, known popularly as “Chancay dolls,” are not ancient objects but 20th century and contemporary figures made by Peruvian Mestizo (mixed Native and Spanish ancestry) artisans using scraps of ancient Chancay textiles.  The Chancay were an Andean culture that flourished from 1000 to 1460 CE in … [Read more...] about “Chancay Dolls”: Researched and Conserved by Jonathan Kohlhorst and Sophie Grus

Filed Under: 2014 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts Tagged With: 20th century art, andean mestizo culture, chancay culture, chancay doll, peru, south american art

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  • 2014 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts
  • 2014 Spring, ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica
  • 2015 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts
  • 2016 Fall, ART 385: Art of the Americas
  • 2016 Spring, ART 386: Art of Africa
  • 2017 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts
  • 2017 Spring, ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica
  • 2018 Fall, ART 385: Art of the Americas
  • 2018 Spring, ART 386: Art of Africa
  • 2019 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts
  • 2019 Spring, ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica
  • 2020 Spring, ART 386: Art of Africa

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