Recommended Reading

 

Note that none of the works listed below are the final word or "definitive" source on their subject matter.  Many, if not all of the publications contain errors and misinformation.  Nor is the list by any means comprehensive.  These are a good starting point leading towards a better understanding of the subject matter.  Bibliographies and references found in these publications will lead to other valuable resources. 

 

I.            Bolivian and Peruvian Textiles

            1)     Double-woven Treasures from Old Peru - 1985 - Adele Cahlander with Suzanne Baizerman   

            2)    Hidden Threads of Peru: Q'ero Textiles - 2002 - Ann Pollard. Rowe and John Cohen - Merrell Publishers and the Textile Museum in Washington

               3)    Bolivian Indian Textiles: Traditional Designs and Costumes - 1981 - Tamara E. Wasserman and Jonathan S. Hill 

                4)    Weaving Traditions of Highland Bolivia - 1978 - Craft and Folk Art Museum of Los Angeles - Laurie Adelson and Bruce Takami, Guest Curators

                5)    Woven Stories:  Andean Textiles & Rituals - 2003 - Andrea M. Heckman

II.          Embera and Wounaan Baskets

            1)    Darien Rainforest Basketry - 2002 - Margo M. Callaghan

III.       Huichol Art

                1)    Arte Huichol - 2005 - Artes de Mexico - Number 75

                2)    El Arte de los Huicholes - 1980 - Ramon Mata Torres

                3)    Art of the Huichol Indians - 1978 - The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

                Edited by Kathleen Berrin

                4)    Glosario de Cultura Huichola - 2005 - Raul Aceves

                5)    Chaquira de los Indigenas Huicholes - 2006 - Acelia Garcia de Weigand - Gobierno del Estado de Jalisco

                6)    The Huichol of Mexico - 2000 - Peter R. Collings

                Edited by Isabel Jordan

                7)    The Huichol of Mexico: "The Shaman" - 2005 - Peter R. Collings

                Edited by Isabel Jordan.

IV.       Guatemalan Textiles

V.         Latin American Folk Art in General

                1)    Guatemalan Mask Imagery - 1976 - Gordon Frost - Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, CA.

                2)    Arts & Crafts of South America - 1994 - Lucy Davies and Mo Fini

VII.       Mexican Folk Art

                1)     The Crafts of Mexico  - 2004 - Artes de Mexico

                 Edited by Margarita de Orellana, Alberto Ruy-Sanchez and Eliot Weinberger.

                 2)    Grandes Maestros Del Arte Popular Mexicano - 1998 - D.R. Formento Cultural Banamex, A.C. 

                 3)    Arte Popular de Mexico - 2006 - Sedesol and Fonart

                 4)     Lacas Mexicanas - 1997 - Museo Franz Mayer - Artes de Mexico   

                   

VIII.       Mexican Masks

                   1)     Mascaras de Carnaval - 2005 - Artes de Mexico - Number 77

                   2)     Masks of Mexico - 1999 - Barbara Mauldin

                    3)    Mascaras Mexicanas de la Coleccion del Ing. Victor Jose Moya - 1974 - Instituto Nacional de Antropologia E Historia Mexico

                    4)    Mascaras - 1981 - Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

                    5)    Mascaras: La Otra Cara de Mexico - 1990 - Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

                    6)    Mexican Masks - 1980 - Donald Cordry - University of Texas Press  

                    7)    Guerrero: El Mundo Espiritural de al Mascara - 2000 - Francis Pino Memije

                    8)    Changing Faces: Mexican Masks in Transition - 1985 - McAllen International Museum

                    

IX.          Mexican Pottery

X.            Mexican Textiles

         1)    La Tejedora de Vida - Coleccion de Trajes Mexicanos de Banca Serfin - 1987 - Banca Serfin 

          Carlota Mapelli Mozzi and Teresa Castello Yturbe

         2)    Artesanias de Tarecuato Y Turicuaro - 2003 - Casa de las Artesanias del Estado de Michoacan       

        3)    El Pepenado: Una Tradicion Otomi' del Bordado en San Juan Ixtenco - 2007 - Gobierno del Estado de Tlaxcala

                

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