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Miniature Crafts and Their Makers: Palm Weaving in a Mexican Town
Katrin S. Flechsig
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Description for Miniature Crafts and Their Makers: Palm Weaving in a Mexican Town
Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; AFTB; WFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 524.
Picture a throng of tiny devils and angels, or a marching band so small it can fit in the palm of your hand. In a Mixtec town in the Mexican state of Puebla, craftspeople have been weaving palm since before the Spanish Conquest, but over the past forty years that art has become more finely tuned and has won national acceptance in a market nostalgic for an authentic Indian past. In this book, Katrin Flechsig offers the first in-depth ethnographic and historical examination of the miniature palm craft industry, taking readers behind the scenes of craft production in order to ... Read more
Picture a throng of tiny devils and angels, or a marching band so small it can fit in the palm of your hand. In a Mixtec town in the Mexican state of Puebla, craftspeople have been weaving palm since before the Spanish Conquest, but over the past forty years that art has become more finely tuned and has won national acceptance in a market nostalgic for an authentic Indian past. In this book, Katrin Flechsig offers the first in-depth ethnographic and historical examination of the miniature palm craft industry, taking readers behind the scenes of craft production in order to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Tucson, United States
ISBN
9780816524006
SKU
V9780816524006
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