Centre for Textile Research
Date of this Version
11-13-2017
Document Type
Article
Citation
In PreColumbian Textile Conference VII / Jornadas de Textiles PreColombinos VII, ed. Lena Bjerregaard and Ann Peters (Lincoln, NE: Zea Books, 2017), pp. 104–131
doi:10.13014/K27D2S9P
Abstract
En este trabajo se presenta una colección de materiales arqueológicos que provienen de dos cuevas no localizadas del Valle de Tehuacán, estado de Puebla, México. Los materiales datan del período posclásico (1250-1521) y pertenecen a las culturas mixteca y azteca. La colección se conserva en los Museos Reales de Arte e Historia, MRAH, de Bruselas, Bélgica. Incluye entre otros, objetos de madera con mosaico, cerámica, restos humanos, esteras, plantas, textiles de algodón, sandalias y ofrendas de papel amate, entre las cuales, tres fueron teñidas con la técnica de reserva conocida como plangi. Hasta la fecha la colección no ha sido estudiada. Se hace una descripción general de las piezas, principalmente de los tejidos, las ofrendas de papel amate y las sandalias, así como los materiales, técnicas y colores empleados en su manufactura, y se hace un bosquejo del contexto cultural y religioso dentro del cual podría ubicarse su uso. Para ello se consultó la bibliografía especializada y las crónicas coloniales.
Textiles and other archaeological materials from the Tehuacán Valley, Mexico at the Royal Museums for Art and History (MRAH), Brussels
A collection of archeological materials coming from two non-localized caves in the Tehuacán Valley in the State of Puebla, Mexico, is preserved at the Royal Museums of Art and History, MRAH, in Brussels, Belgium. These materials date from the post-classic period (1250-1521) and belong to the Mixtec and Aztec cultures. The collection includes among others, wooden objects with mosaic work, ceramics, human remains, matting, cotton textiles, sandals, plants and offerings made from bark cloth; three among them were dyed using the tie-dye technique or plangi. These artefacts were up to now not studied. A general description of the objects was made focusing on the textiles, the bark cloth offerings and the sandals. The materials and techniques used as well as the colors applied during their manufacture were described. The cultural and religious context in which these materials could be situated was also outlined. This analysis was based on the specialized bibliography and the colonial chronicles.
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