Extras

 

La Vida y Los Muertos: Day of the Dead Oaxaca Mexico Art Film by Carolyn Kallenborn www.lavidaylosmuertos.com

 

	For more information on artwork by Carolyn Kallenborn go to www.carolynkallenborn.com
	For more information on Oaxaca www.oaxacaculture.com www.planeta.com
	Meso-American Studies Foundation For The Advancement Of Meso American Studies http://www.famsi.org/
	Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection http://textilecollection.wisc.edu/

 

Bibliography

A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire by Amy Butler Greenfield. The compelling, complex story of the quest for a rich, colorfast red dye. Cochineal from Oaxaca is the main character. Fascinating reading.

 

Técnicas Prehispánicas del Tejido XX. Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia Culhuacán, México DF, 1971. Alba Guadalupe, Mastache de Escobar.

 

Origen del Textil en Mesoamerérica. Griselle J. Velasco Rogríguez. Instituto Plitécnico Nacional México, 1995. ISBN 968-29-6561-6

Mendoza Codex courtesy of the Bodleian Library, Oxford University
Folios 43, 46, 58, 60, 65

 

The Culture of Migration in Southern Mexico. Jeffrey H. Cohen. University of Texas Press 2004