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| Wool tapestry poncho Incan, 1200 ACE |
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| Stuart Davis American, 1940's |
Showing posts with label Incan textiles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Incan textiles. Show all posts
Monday, September 10, 2012
Peruvian Poncho and Stuart Davis Painting
Saturday, July 28, 2012
An Incan Tunic and a Rock Partridge: Black and white and fields of color
-- When considering textiles, I'm always interested in their role within a culture or society. Here's a description by the Spanish of an encounter with the Incans in their checkerboard military tunics.
Photo and text credits: "The Bird Illustrated 1550-1900: From the Collections of the New York Public Library" by Joseh Kastner.
"To Weave for the Sun: Ancient Andean Textiles" by Rebecca Stone Miller
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