Chanccani quipu /

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Author / Creator:Vicuña, Cecilia.
Imprint:New York : Granary Books, 2012.
Description:1 booklet : ill. ; 36 x 23 cm. + 1 quipu (142 x 45 cm.)
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
Local Note:University of Chicago Library has copy no. 3, in original clamshell box.
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8827743
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Other authors / contributors:Rothenberg, Jerome, 1931-
Granary Books (Firm)
Notes:Title from pamphlet cover.
"Chanccani Quipu reinvents the concept of "quipu," the ancient system of "writing" with knots, transforming it into metaphor in space; a book/sculpture that condenses the clash of two cultures and worldviews: the Andean oral universe and the Western world of print."--booklet, p. 1.
"Jerome Rothenberg assisted Cecilia Vicuña in translating her poem."--Colophon.
Edition of 32 copies.
Each copy is numbered and signed by Cecilia Vicuña and Jerome Rothenberg.

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Call Number: ff N7433.4.V536 C48 2012
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