Description: Further DetailsTitle: Carrying CocaCondition: NewEAN: 9780300200720ISBN: 9780300200720Publisher: Yale University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 05/13/2014Item Height: 222mmItem Length: 178mmItem Weight: 272gAuthor: Nicola SharrattContributor: Bard Graduate Center (Abridged by)Language: EnglishSubtitle: 1,500 Years of Andean ChuspasISBN-10: 0300200722Description: Coca bags, or chuspas, represent one of the most enduring and resilient forms in the rich history of Andean weaving traditions. These small, elaborately decorated bags have been a constant presence in the archaeological, written, and visual record of the Andes for at least 1,500 years. In the details of their design and decoration, chuspa styles are testament to centuries of shifting trends and technologies in Andean textile arts. However, as carriers of coca leaves, chuspas are much more than aesthetically pleasing and technically sophisticated artworks. For millennia coca leaves have occupied an essential and unparalleled place in the daily lives, social customs, and ritual practices of Andean communities, in which chuspas also play central roles owing to their actual and symbolic connection with coca. Worldwide reactions to the plant and legislation of its uses have affected Andean traditions surrounding coca leaves since the Spanish conquest of the Andes in the sixteenth century and continue into the present. Focusing on the collection of the American Museum of Natural History and examples from other museum collections around the world, this book examines the multifaceted history of coca bags, investigating their function and reception and the changes in their appearance. The book reveals how their history is a consequence not only of variations in Andean textile traditions, but also of the story of the sacred and contested substance they carry.Distributed for the Bard Graduate Center Exhibition Schedule: Bard Graduate Center(03/27/14–08/03/14)Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Arts & PhotographyRelease Year: 2014 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Carrying Coca
Title: Carrying Coca
EAN: 9780300200720
ISBN: 9780300200720
Release Date: 05/13/2014
Release Year: 2014
Contributor: Bard Graduate Center (Abridged by)
Subtitle: 1,500 Years of Andean Chuspas
ISBN-10: 0300200722
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Arts & Photography
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
Publication Name: Carrying Coca : 1500 Years of Andean Chuspas
Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Item Height: 0 in
Subject: Textile & Costume, Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, Anthropology / Physical, Latin America / South America
Publication Year: 2014
Item Weight: 9.6 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Nicola Sharratt
Subject Area: Design, Art, Social Science, History
Item Length: 0.9 in
Item Width: 0.7 in
Format: Trade Paperback
