Cerón Mendoza (2 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine softcover, SIGNED and lengthily inscribed by Una Canger, presumed first edition. French flaps, a fair amount of rubbing. Internally clean. Isaias Mendoza Ceron explains the process for working with Maguey (agave) in his native language. Una Canger is a Danish linguist specializing in languages of Mesoamerica. This book is in English and the Nahuatl language, with drawings and text explaining the process of working with agave. 135 pages. Very rare. M06695. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Some rubbing. VG. orig. wrappers Some rubbing. VG. Textual drawings. 23x16cm, 135 pp Bilingual English / Nahuatl text on facing pages. Ethnographic oral history of Mexican agave products hand weaving industry. Contents: The maguey field; We cut the maguey; We heat the leaves; We pound, perforate, and split the leaves; We carry the ixtle to the Almolonga; We scrape the ixtle; We twine together the fibers and we spin the thread; We set up the warp; We knot the selvedge and we fasten the warp to the warp rod; We tie on the heddle; The weft; The weave; We finish the weaving; We hang up the morral; We make a dozne; We make braids; We sew and sell the morral; They paint the morral; Our grandfathers made sacks.