{"product_id":"9780874809091","title":"A Woven Book of Knowledge: Textile Iconography of Cuzco, Peru","description":"\u003cp\u003eKnown for their intricate textiles, the Q’ero are a traditional Quechua-speaking Peruvian highland people. Their weavings are full of symbolic elements and motifs that encode specific cultural information and their textiles are the repositories for knowledge that has been passed down through generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on ethnographic fieldwork undertaken between 1979 and 1991, \u003ci\u003eA Woven Book of Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e examines and compares regional weaving styles and discusses the general texture of highland life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author’s long involvement with members of the Q’ero community has provided unique opportunities for insight into their ideas about weaving, iconography, and spatial and temporal concepts. But \u003ci\u003eA Woven Book of Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e is more than an ethnographic study. If the warp of the book is the academic rigor of anthropology and linguistics, the weft is Silverman’s love for the textiles themselves and for the Q’ero people. It is a result of a passion that has kept her in Cuzco for years, dedicating her career to the study of the local textile tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Utah Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47009091453168,"sku":"9780874809091","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780874809091_p0.jpg?v=1763836121","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780874809091","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}