To Weave for the Sun: Andean Textiles in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 271, [1]pp. Original pictorial dust-jacket over red cloth, with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Color frontispiece. Textiles were the Incas' most prized possessions. Their first gift to European strangers was made not of gold and silver, but of camelid fiber and cotton. They believed that the highest form of weaving was created expressly for the sun, which they considered the greatest of the celestial powers. "To Weave for the Sun" uses this images to symbolize Andean traditions as a whole and documents the collection of ancient and Colonial Andean textiles in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, which is among the most comprehensive of its kind in the world. A chronological overview and accompanying essays examine the weaving as primary sources of information about their makers. This splendid volume is illustrated with no less than 405 b/w illustrations and 90 striking color plates. Moderate rubbing along edges of dust-jacket. DJ in overall good, binding and interior in very good condition. g+ to vg. Item #37489
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