Chuspas: Small Bags with Big Significance
When I started researching this topic, I was merely focused on the one very old chuspa that I had in
When I started researching this topic, I was merely focused on the one very old chuspa that I had in
All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in
Coca is not cocaine. To equate the coca leaf with the raw alkaloid cocaine is as misguided as suggesting that
It’s rare to see an Andean textile without an added border, whether an attached band, braid, or fringe, or an
Women in the Andes of Peru and Bolivia knit colorful purses and bags in every shape imaginable. Since they hold
I don’t remember the first time I read about khipus (also spelled quipus). Most likely, it was the summer that
In her book Beyond the Stones of Machu Picchu, Elizabeth (Libby) VanBuskirk introduces herself as “a writer, weaver, and teacher.”
You may recognize Bob Miller’s name. He is one of our regular blog authors, providing his perspective on Andean-related books
For much of my life, I have loved tramping around in remote places in the American Southwest. Finding blank spots
Not long ago the tradition of weaving was disappearing in Acopia, a small community located on the shores of Acopia
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