Research Catalog

Title

Carrying coca : 1,500 years of Andean chuspas / Nicola Sharratt.

Author

Sharratt, Nicola

Publication

• New York : Bard Graduate Center, Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture ; [2014]
• New Haven : Yale University Press.
• ©2014

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Additional Authors

Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture host institution.

Description

100 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map; 23 cm.

Summary

"Textile production and consumption has played a central role in the economy of the Andes region of South America since the Inca Empire (AD 1400-1532). This book traces 1500 years of textile arts in the Andes, with a focus on chuspas, small bags originally designed to hold coca leaves; colorful and functional, chuspas are both aesthetically pleasing and technically sophisticated pieces of art. In an area noted for extreme weather, textiles produced from the wool of llamas, vicuñas, alpacas, and other indigenous animals were essential in protecting people from the cold and wind at high altitudes in the Andes. Often stunningly beautiful, these textiles were also demanded as tribute by the state, and offered as valuable gifts. Beyond their functional and aesthetic value, textiles have long played important ritual and social roles in Andean communities. Fully illustrated, this book offers an important introduction to the rich history and key roles of these textiles. "--

Alternative Title

• 1,500 years of Andean chuspas
• Andean chuspas

Subject

• Indian textile fabrics > Andes Region
• Indians of South America > Drug use > Andes Region
• Indians of South America > Andes Region > Rites and ceremonies
• Coca > Social aspects > Andes Region
• DESIGN / Textile & Costume
• SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical
• ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General
• Andes Region > Social life and customs
• Andes Region > Religious life and customs

Note

• "This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Carrying coca: 1,500 years of Andean chuspas' held at the Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture from April 11 through August 3, 2014."--Colophon.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-94) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Andean South America and its weaving traditions -- Chuspas -- The coca leaf -- Coca through time : deep roots and changing perceptions -- Conclusion -- Afterword : Exhibting chuspas.

ISBN

• 9780300200720 (pbk.)
• 0300200722 (pbk.)
• 9780300190236 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2013044787

OCLC

• 862098422
• SCSB-12083361

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library