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ISBN10: 0292725914, ISBN13: 9780292725911, [publisher: University of Texas Press] Hardcover Jacket is worn, especially along edges. Jacket edges are tanned, but legibility is not affected. Back of jacket has previous seller's price sticker. Spine is shaken but secure. Cover edges are worn. Inside is clean and unmarked.
[Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2011]

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New. The traditional costumes worn by people in the Andes-women's woolen skirts, men's ponchos, woven belts, and white felt hats-instantly identify them as natives of the region and serve as revealing markers of ethnicity, social class, gender, age, and so on. Because costume expresses so much, scholars study it to learn how the indigenous people of the Andes have identified themselves over time, as well as how others have identified and influenced them. Costume and History in Highland Ecuador assembles for the first time for any Andean country the evidence for indigenous costume from the entire chronological range of prehistory and history. The contributors glean a remarkable amount of information from pre-Hispanic ceramics and textile tools, archaeological textiles from the Inca empire in Peru, written accounts from the colonial period, nineteenth-century European-style pictorial representations, and twentieth-century textiles in museum collections. Their findings reveal that several garments introduced by the Incas, including men's tunics and women's wrapped dresses, shawls, and belts, had a remarkable longevity. They also demonstrate that the hybrid poncho from Chile and the rebozo from Mexico diffused in South America during the colonial period, and that the development of the rebozo in particular was more interesting and complex than has previously been suggested. The adoption of Spanish garments such as the pollera (skirt) and man's shirt were a ...

ISBN10: 0292725914, ISBN13: 9780292725911, [publisher: University of Texas Press] Hardcover New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.
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Austin, TX University of Texas Press 2011 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 416 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Maps.

ISBN10: 0292725914, ISBN13: 9780292725911, [publisher: Univ of Texas Pr] Hardcover 402 pages. 9.25x6.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.
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ISBN10: 0292725914, ISBN13: 9780292725911, [publisher: University of Texas Press] Hardcover
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ISBN10: 0292725914, ISBN13: 9780292725911, [publisher: University of Texas Press] Hardcover Using a wide variety of archaeological and archival evidence of indigenous clothing, jewelry, and hairstyles, scholars trace the history of costume in Ecuador from prehistory to the twentieth century. Series: Joe R. and Teresa Lozana Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture. Num Pages: 382 pages, 9 color and 194 b&w photos, 7 line drawings, 8 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 816. . 2011. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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