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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.

Carrying Coca 1500 Years of Andean Chuspas Bard

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    A Paperback / softback by Nicola Sharratt, Bard Graduate Center

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      Publisher: Yale University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 13/05/2014
      ISBN13: 9780300200720, 978-0300200720
      ISBN10: 0300200722

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      Book Synopsis
      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.

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