In 1996 more than 200 mummies and skeletal remains accompanied by a rich array of burial offerings were discovered at a cliffside burial site overlooking Laguna de los Condores in the cloud forest of Chachapoyas. In spite of the humid climate in this remote corner of Peru's northeastern Andes, many of the organic remains, including textiles, were extraordinarily well preserved. The textiles are today stored or exhibited at the Museo Leymebamba. The find includes the best preserved and largest cache of Chachapoya textiles known to date, providing researchers with a unique opportunity to learn about little-known Chachapoya weaving techniques, iconography, style, politics and trade connections. Most of the textiles date to the Chachapoya-Inka period, ca. 1470-1532, although some may have been produced earlier or may date to Spanish Colonial times. The styles include local Chachapoya, Chachapoya-Inka, provincial Inka, Inka and imports from the coast or the tropical lowlands. In 2001 Lena Bjerregaard spent several months at the Museo Leymebamba studying the textiles from Laguna de los Condores, and this book analyzes 45 selected textiles, both burial offerings and mummy bundle wrappings. It also includes essays by other scholars on Chachapoya iconography, culture and khipus, as well as a description of the project launched to rescue the finds and the construction of the Museo Leymebamba. Lena Bjerregaard has an MA in textile conservation from the School of Conservation in Copenhagen and has worked since 2000 as a conservator in the Ethnographic Museum in Berlin, where she is responsible for the care of the large pre-Columbian textile collection.
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"The catalog portion of the book includes excellent photographs and a concise description of 42 items from the collection. No previous book-length treatment of these artifacts has been published. As a general source of information about pre-Coilumbian Andean textiles, this book is valuable..." - J.J. Borowicz, Humanities, May 2008
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Laguna de los Cóndores, Museo Leymebamba, Adriana von Hagen, Colors Warp, Lena Bjerregaard, Technique Simple, Callejón de Huaylas, Material Camelid, Colors Natural, Technique Warp, Technique Discontinuous, Colors Plain-weave, Technique Plain-weave, Gran Pajatén, Early Intermediate Period, Item Bag Material Plant, The Royal Library, Peruvian Andes, Colors Weft, Peter Lerche Browse Sample Pages:
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Laguna de los Cóndores, Museo Leymebamba, Adriana von Hagen, Colors Warp, Lena Bjerregaard, Technique Simple, Callejón de Huaylas, Material Camelid, Colors Natural, Technique Warp, Technique Discontinuous, Colors Plain-weave, Technique Plain-weave, Gran Pajatén, Early Intermediate Period, Item Bag Material Plant, The Royal Library, Peruvian Andes, Colors Weft, Peter Lerche Browse Sample Pages:
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