CAÑARY EMBROIDERY: SYMBOL OF PRE-COLUMBINE IDENTITY AND INSTRUMENT OF REBELLION DURING THE SPANISH CONQUEST
Textile embroidery in Cañari clothing was an important symbol in the construction and preservation of their ideology. During the pre-Columbine period this ancestral technique was more than an ornament. It constituted a transcendent cultural practice with significant artistic expression and symbolic...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Universidad del Azuay
2017-12-01
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| Series: | Daya |
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| Online Access: | http://revistas.uazuay.edu.ec/index.php/daya/article/view/97/91 |
| Summary: | Textile embroidery in Cañari clothing was an important symbol in the construction and preservation of their ideology. During the pre-Columbine period this ancestral technique was more than an ornament. It constituted a transcendent cultural practice with significant artistic expression and symbolic representation rooted in the cosmovision of their people. So much so, that during the Spanish colonization period it was used as a form of rebellion against the crown which resulted in the extension of this activity during different periods and the construction of Cañari identity. |
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| ISSN: | 2550-6609 2588-0667 |