Carrying coca : 1500 years of Andean chuspas /

Carrying coca : 1500 years of Andean chuspas /

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"Textile production and consumption has played a central role in the economy of the Andes region of South America since the Inca Empire (AD 1400-1532). This book traces 1500 years of textile arts in the Andes, with a focus on chuspas, small bags originally designed to hold coca leaves; colorful...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sharratt, Nicola
Corporate Author: George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bard Graduate Center, [2014]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Indian textile fabrics > Andes Region.
Indians of South America > Drug use > Andes Region.
Indians of South America > Andes Region > Rites and ceremonies.
Coca > Social aspects > Andes Region.
Coca > Social aspects.
Coca.
Indians of South America.
Rites and ceremonies.
Indians of South America > Drug use.
Indian textile fabrics.
Manners and customs.
Andes Region > Social life and customs.
Andes Region.
Andes Region > Religious life and customs.

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