Maya textiles of Guatemala : the Gustavus A. Eisen collection, 1902, the Hearst Museum of Anthropology, the University of California at Berkeley /

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Author / Creator:Schevill, Margot
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:Austin : University of Texas Press, 1993.
Description:xiii, 295 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1412105
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Other authors / contributors:Lutz, Christopher
Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology
ISBN:0292751435 (alk. paper)
0292776659 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Burton Benedict
  • 1. The Communicative Nature of Cloth and Clothing
  • 2. The Eisen Guatemalan Textile Collection
  • 3. Gustavus A. Eisen: 1847-1940
  • 4. The Late Nineteenth-Century Guatemalan Maya in Historical Context: Past and Future Research / Christopher H. Lutz
  • 5. Textile Production
  • 6. The Eisen Guatemalan Textile Catalogue
  • App. A. Classification of Textiles and Textile-Related Objects in the Eisen Collection by Function and Type
  • App. B. The "Cofradia" of the Indians of Guatemala / Gustav Eisen.