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The variety and quantity of Cuzco’s crafts are still evident today. An entire neighborhood, namely the traditional San Blas Quarter (formely the Inca neighborhood of T’oqokachi) is dedicated to highly skilled craft industries. Here can be found the cream of Cuzco’s craftsmen and women, where entire families have, in some cases, been engaged for many generations in the full-time
production of high quality hand-made wares.
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El hambre
Edilberto Mérida
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The most important activities in this sector of Cuzco are
textiles, sculpture, pottery, plaster work, wood carving,
reproductions of paintings (especially of the Cuzco School),
gold- and silversmiths' work, doll-making and stonework.
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La piedad
Edilberto Mérida
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The most outstanding craftsmen are the descendants of
Hilario and Georgina Mendívil, Edilberto Mérida, Antonio
Olave, Antonia Saloma, Santiago Rojas, and Maxi Palomino
de Sierra. Their best items are kept in the American Art
Institute's Museum of Popular Art.
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Cuzco pottery
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According to the Cuzco Craft Directory, drawn up
by the Centre for Andean Regional Studies Bartolomé
de Las Casas, there are 2,636 artisans in the city.
The largest group are the potters, followed by
those making textiles and jewellery...
Dr Manuel Jesus Aparicio Vega
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Mother with child
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Photos realized by :
L. B. Aritio - J. M. D. Formentí -
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