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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

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  • 2017 Spring, ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica
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