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SUMMARY:Welcome to the Maya World of Fine Book Arts
DESCRIPTION:
 The Meso-American Publisher of fine limited-edition 
 hand-made books presents and demonstrates 
 the production techniques and elaboration 
 of the edition of the textile designs titled 
 "U CAYIBAL ATZIAK Images in Guatemalan Weavings. 
 To be donated to the collections of Michigan 
 State University Libraries. The edition is 
 a comprehensive catalogue of textile designs 
 written by Dr. Italo Morales which contains 
 over three hundred hand letter press printed 
 and illuminated zinc plate impressions bound 
 in Guatemalan calf skin and traditional back 
 strap woven textile. Endpapers of petate woven 
 hand-made amate bark paper. Each book has 
 hand-sewn silk head bands a technique to be demonstrated. 
 Slip case of petate woven hand-made 
 amate bark paper and Guatemalan calf skin.\n
 The 
 production process will be presented of 
 the hand-made amate bark paper. This was the 
 paper used by the pre-conquest Maya in the 
 elaboration of the codex.\n
 Felipe Bucu will demonstrate 
 the process of petate woven amate 
 bark paper which is based on the petate woven 
 mattes sacred to the Maya and still in production 
 in the Aldea Santiago Zamora.\n
 Light refreshments 
 will be served.\n
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 Price: free\n
 Sponsor: Administration\n
 Sponsor's Homepage: http://www.lib.msu.edu\n
 Contact name: Holly Flynn\n
 Contact phone: 517-884-0901\n
 Contact email: flynnhol@msu.edu\n
LOCATION:Main Library, W449 (4th Floor, West Wing)
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