Bolom chon

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Title: Bolom chon
Description: Illustrated and printed in woodblock prints and silk-screens by contemporary Mayan artists a pop-up jaguar in the center fold. "The cover or lining is made of recycled cardboard with corn silk in low relief. The endpapers are made of maguey fiber paper. The interiors are made of recycled paper and are all silkscreened, sheet by sheet. The jaguar's whiskers are made of maguey fiber. The entire book is handmade." - From the publisher, Taller Leñateros. Book design, typesetting, page numbers [by] Ambar Past and Sara Miranda. Recording the CD [by] Ámbar Past [and others].;"Includes a CD audio of several versions of the song, Bolom chon, tucked into a pocket at the back of the book.";"An edition of 99 copies, numbered and signed."
Date: 2007
Creator: Past, ÁmbarMiranda, SaraSlingsby, TomTzu, MaríaVet, RominkaMéndes Péres, Maruch
Language: English, Mayan languages
Identifier: past_bolom
Publisher: Taller Leñateros
Access Rights: Can be requested to be delivered to preferred Univeristy Libraries location and checked out for 4 hours in-house cuurently, but will soon have 7 day check out.
Location: ARC Secured Collection, PN6109.T87 B65 2007
Local URL: https://txst.locate.ebsco.com/instances/dd6589e8-428e-508f-b0cf-85a3fec6dcf6?option=author&query=Taller%20Le%C3%B1ateros%20%28San%20Crist%C3%B3bal%20de%20Las%20Casas%2C%20Mexico%29%2C
Physical Dimensions: 64 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm + 1 audio disc (4 3/4 in.)
License: Permission granted by publisher to photograph/digitize the book for the online Artists' Books exhibition. Email 6/7/2024.