Evidence on textile activity in San Bartolomé de los Chanás. Franciscan reduction of the 17th century Monje. Province of Santa Fe

Abstract

This work studies a set of bulls that could be associated with the textile activity carried out in this area of reduction and entrust to meet the needs of the daily life of its inhabitants. It is known that in this context indigenous women played a very important role as spinners and weavers dedicated especially to the manufacture of canvas for domestic use and the surplus was placed in the local and regional commercial circuit, whose center was Santa Fe la Vieja. Further research is conducted on the size and weigth ratio of these artifacts to find data on possible fibres that may be used.