Talabartería y tinturas de la Sierra de Ancasti, Catamarca, Argentina

Abstract

Las plantas curtientes y tintóreas han concitado el interés de diferentes investigaciones en la temática vinculada a la talabartería y la tejeduría tradicional, dos formas tradicionales de labor en creciente desuso. El objetivo de este trabajo es documentar la etnobotánica relacionada con especies tintóreas y curtientes de la sierra de Ancasti, Catamarca.

Tanning and dyeing plants have attracted the interest of different researches on the subject related to saddlery and traditional weaving, two traditional forms of labor in increasing disuse. The objective of this work is to document the ethnobotany related to dyeing and tanning species from the Sierra de Ancasti, Catamarca, Argentina. The specifics aims are to characterize relevant aspects of Creole saddlery, to characterize relevant species in the material culture associated with equestrian implements and to make a list of dyeing and tanning species used by the “criollo” peasant population.