Painted cloth, identity, cross-craft (Other Keyword)

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The Portable Murals and Painted Shrouds of Middle Sicán Tombs (2021)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Amy Szumilewicz.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The primacy of textiles as the preeminent expressive medium of identity and alterity is well documented in Andean prehistory. Based on the study of three types of textiles including tapestry woven patches and painted cloth housed in the Ethnological Museum of Berlin as they compare to mixed-media mounted canvases found in situ at the site Sicán, this paper...