Research Catalog

Title

Ancestry and artistry : Maya textiles from Guatemala / curated by Roxane Shaughnessy = Héritage ancestral et artisanat : les textiles mayas du Guatemala / réalisée par Roxane Shaughnessy.

Author

Textile Museum of Canada host institution, issuing body.

Publication

Toronto, ON : Textile Museum of Canada, [2013]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Langley, James C.
• Miralbés de Polanco, Rosario
• Rowe, Ann Pollard
• Shaughnessy, Roxane
• Stewart, Donna E., 1943-
• Wise, Mary Anne
• Textile Museum of Canada. Ancestry and artistry. French.
• Textile Museum of Canada. Ancestry and artistry.

Description

119 pages : colour illustrations; 22 cm.

Summary

"Cloth holds great importance for Guatemala's indigenous communities, and traditional dress plays an essential role in Maya identity today as a vital link with the ancestral past and a means of cultural reinvention. Whether worn for religious ceremonies or as an emblem of ethnic pride, textiles offer a medium for innovation and creative expression, as well as a marketable product for the tourist industry. Through an array of textiles patterned with evocative designs rich in iconography, Ancestry and Artistry traces a century of dynamic change as well as the remarkable continuity of ancient Maya traditions in the face of significant modernization, political upheaval, and religious transformation."--Provided by publisher.

Alternative Title

• Maya textiles from Guatemala
• Héritage ancestral et artisanat
• Textiles mayas du Guatemala
• Héritage ancestral et artisanat

Subject

• Maya
• Maya textile fabrics > Guatemala > Exhibitions
• Mayas > Clothing > Guatemala > Exhibitions
• Maya textile fabrics
• Mayas > Clothing
• Guatemala

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs

Note

• Contributors: James C. Langley, Rosario Miralbés de Polanco, Ann Pollard Rowe, Donna E. Stewart, Mary Anne Wise.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 112-113).

Language (note)

• Text in English and French.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Exhibitions (note)

• Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, from May 29 to October 13, 2013.

Contents

Executive Director's foreword = Avant-propos de la Directrice Génerale / Shauna McCabe -- Ancestry and artistry : Maya textiles from Guatemala = Héritage ancestral et artisanat : les textiles mayas du Guatemala / Roxane Shaughnessy -- De puro pueblo = Village life / Humberto Ak'abal -- Mestizas / Veróncia Riedel -- Collecting Guatemalan traje : changes over half a century in Nahualá, Chichicastenango and Santiago Atitlán = Observations d'une collectionneuse : sur les changements survenus en cinquante ans dans l'habillement traditionnel à Nahualá, Chichicastenango et Santiago Atitlán / Donna E. Stewart -- The elaboration of the Guatemalan huipil = L'élaboration du huipil guatémaltèque / Ann Pollard Rowe -- Jean-Marie Simon / Jean-Marie Simon -- Maya attire and the process of its massification = L'habillement maya et sa massification / Rosario Miralbés de Polanco -- Woven attributes : Maya earthquake victims give thanks for Canadian aid = Hommages tissés : les victimes mayas d'un tremblement de terre remercient le Canada de son aide / James C. Langley -- Rug hooking in Guatemala = Le crochetage de tapis au Guatemala / Mary Ann Wise.

ISBN

• 9780980908824 (pbk.)
• 0980908825 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 843520500
• SCSB-10310232

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library