" ... a modern interpretation of the 5,000 year-old quipu, which recorded the literature of the Incas on knotted cords. It ... embodies the intention and essence of a poem by Vicuña translated into English by the poet along with Jerome Rothenberg. Accompanying Chanccani Quipu is a full-color signed drawing inserted into a pamphlet entitled Instruction Manual & Orientation to Various Meanings"--Publisher description., " ... produced and published by Granary Books in an edition of 32 copies each made entirely by hand. The poem was "printed" on unspun wool using stencils made by the poet who also knotted the threads. The quipu is tied or bound to a 16 inch bamboo spine from which it hangs to about 48 inches when installed. The work is housed in a hand-stenciled box (18 1/2 x 18 1/4 x 4 inches) made by Susan Mills. Silicon Gallery Fine Art Prints in Philadelphia printed the drawing and the pamphlet in full-color. Cecilia Vicuña and Jerome Rothenberg signed the edition of 32 numbered copies"--Publisher description., and 10/32. Autographs of Cecilia Vicuña and Jerome Rothenberg. In box as issued.
Publisher:
Granary Books,
Subject (Name):
Granary Books (Firm), publisher., Mills, Susan (Susan E.), Rothenberg, Jerome, 1931-, Rothenberg, Jerome,--1931---Autograph., Silicon Gallery Fine Art Prints, printer., and Vicuña, Cecilia--Autograph.
Includes 23 category cards (20 x 18 cm.), each with ms. title listing a pattern category (e.g. Triangles & zig zags, Blue words on white, etc.)., Includes 3 table of contents cards (20 x 18 cm.), listing in ms. all 23 categories and the number of cards found in each one., and Includes 522 cards (18 x 18 cm.), pasted on each of which is a cut section from the interior of an envelope; each card has printed title: Envelope interior number [blank]. Cards numbered in ms. from 1 to 522.