Saturday, November 13: 2:00 pm People Center

A tradition that dates back to at least 2500 BC, Peruvian warp weaving has been passed down from woman to woman for generations and has changed little over time. Cohen takes us step by step through the painstaking process, using contemporary footage shot among the Q'eros and archival footage from a 1946 educational film, in which American Museum of Natural History archaeologist Junius Bird describes his team's exciting discovery of Pre-Columbian textile artifacts on the coast of Peru and decodes the meanings woven into the fabric's designs.

Preceded by Carnival in Q'eros