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Copyright 1976, 1993 by Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz. All rights reserved.
This Dover edition, originally published in 1993, is a new selection of illustrations from the two-volume Design Motifs on Mexican Indian Textiles, originally published by Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz, Austria, in 1976. The present volume retains the general sequence of material of the original volumes, and the captions are based on the original text. A new Publishers Note, derived from the original frontmatter, has been added.
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Weitlaner-Johnson, Irmgard.
[Design motifs on Mexican Indian textiles. Selections]
Mexican Indian folk designs: 252 motifs from textiles / Irmgard Weitlaner-Johnson.
p. cm.(Dover pictorial archive series)
A selection.of illustrations from the authors two volume Design motifs on Mexican Indian textiles, published in 1976.
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Publishers Note
T he PRESENT VOLUME is a new selection of illustrations from the scholarly, carefully researched two-volume work Design Motifs on Mexican Indian Textiles by Irmgard Weidaner-Johnson. The aim of the original and of this new version is to stimulate interest in the artistic creativity of Mexican Indian textiles by acquainting the reader with a large number of different design elements (and significant variants) associated with Mexican Indian textiles.
Two hundred fifty-two designs, taken from motifs on textiles from twenty ethnic groups, are included. They have been arranged by ethnic group, in a geographical sequence from the northwest to the southeast of Mexico. A map showing the location of thirty-five Mexican ethnic groups, including those represented in this volume, will be found on page iv.
The designs were transferred to paper by three methods: The majority were derived by reconstructing the designs on squared paper; some were traced directly onto paper from the source material; a few were drawn freehand. The captions accompanying the designs include the names of the ethnic groups that are the sources of the designs, and a description of the structural elements of each design and the type of textile from which each was taken. English-language descriptions of the textiles are given in the captions, in place of the traditional Mesoamerican names. A brief description of the more common textile types, with their Mexican Indian. designations, follows. No attempt has been made to convey the extent of color usage in the production of Mexican Indian textiles, although the ethnic populations had developed the art of creating and using animal, vegetable and mineral dyes with great sophistication by the time of the Spanish Conquest.
