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— Chinchero Weavings
— Learning to Weave
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– The Village Market
— Kids at the Market
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Descendants of the Incas
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Writing Andean Rituals, Adventures, and Characters
Writing Downtown, An Uncommon Office
My Writing Life: Bringing the Inca World to Vermont
Inca Knitted Hats | Jun 1, 2013
The Lost City Of The Incas
Beyond the Stones of Machu Picchu: Stories and Folktales of Inca Life
Ancient Andean Textiles Workshop for Scholars
Inca Lives Today
Casiana Weaves the Milky Way
My Mind is Living in Inca Peru
Writing at the Maine Cabin
Stories and Retold Folktales, Set In The Andes
Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco
Chinchero, Peru: A Message from Nilda
Writer and Photographer with Nilda
Making a "Loom"
Nilda Weaves a Manta
Family Weavers in the Courtyard
Pulling up the "Shed"
Close-Up View of Weaving a Manta
Weaving a Belt
Neighbor Weaves A Belt
Nilda Weaves a Belt
Partially Woven Belt
Winding the Warp
Folded Chinchero Manta
Chinchero Manta with Tubular Edgings
Detail of a Belt Woven by Nilda
Three Chinchero Belts
Three Belts
Toad Figure on a Belt (Detail)
"Special Occasion" Textile Pieces
Condor Figure on a Belt (Detail)
Some Patterns of Chinchero, Side by Side
Three Chinchero Patterns
Man Wearing Woven Poncho
Woman Carrying Baby
Baby In a Manta
Manta Displaying Food
Women Wearing Traditional Inca Dress
Young Weaver Selling Jakimas
Games with Inca Cola Bottle Caps
Building A Mountain
The Mountain Road
The Builders
Girl Drawing With Chunks of Cement
Girl Makes a Doll
Coming to Market
Trading At The Market
Trading Beside Inca Walls
Woman Selling Corn
Valley Scene, Where Corn Grows
Made from a Can
Mother and Daughter
Soups and Stews with Potatoes and Vegetables
A "Mayu Kuti" Jakima
Wider Patterns "Ribbons" of Weaving
Combining Patterns: Two Belts
Patterns On A Manta
Belt Detail
Nilda with Village Sheep
Nilda Holding a Sheep's Fleece
Llama Fur
Ñuchu Flowers
Variety of Colors from Natural Dyes
Balls of Yarn Ready for Weaving
A Drop Spindle Used in Chinchero
A Chinchero Family in the Courtyard
Chinchero Children With Flowers
Looking Up From the Courtyard
Angel Callañaupa Alvarez
Yolanda Zaida Callañaupa, Knitting
Hat Knitted By Yolanda
In the Courtyard
The Traditional Manta of Chinchero
Guadalupe, Nilda's Mother
Quino Callañaupa Weaving
Father Mountain and Mother Earth
The Fertile Fields of Chinchero
Mountains and Valleys
Up and Around Chinchero
Men With Plows
Grazing
Shepherding
Children Watching Sheep
The "Black Mountain"
The Village School
Group of Children's Weavings
Weaving While Shepherding
Young Weaver
Boy Weaving The "Eye" Pattern
Inca Steps
Spanish Colonial Church
Spinning in Front of Inca Walls
Inca Ruins
Inca Agricultural Terraces
Nilda and Children Sitting on an Inca Seat
Weaving a Jakima
Weaving Together