Irmgard Weitlaner-Johnson Explained
Irmgard Weitlaner-Johnson (1914–2011) was an American anthropologist who was an expert in Mexican textiles.[1] She studied cultural anthropology and ethnographic textiles at the University of California, Berkeley.
Life and career
In July 1938, in Huautla de Jimenez, she and her husband, anthropologist Jean Bassett Johnson, along with Bernard Bevan and Louise Lacaud, were some of the first outsiders to witness and record a Mazatec healing ceremony where hallucinogenic psilocybin mushrooms (teonanacatl) were consumed.[2]
Weitlaner-Johnson began her systematic study of Mexican textiles in 1951 and later became curator of textiles at Mexico's National Museum of Anthropology.
Selected works
Articles
- Weitlaner-Johnson, Irmgard & Rosario Ramírez, "Indumentaria otopame en el Museo Nacional de Antropología", Arqueología Mexicana. No. 73, pp. 46–51.
- Weitlaner-Johnson, Irmgard (1957). "Survival of feather ornamented huipiles in Chiapas, Mexico". Journal de la Société des Américanistes. Vol. 46, pp. 189–196.
- Weitlaner-Johnson, Irmgard (1962). "Industrias y tejidos de Tuxpan, Jalisco, México." Anales del Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. Vol. 6, no. 14, pp. 149–217.
- Weitlaner-Johnson, Irmgard (1960). "Un tzotzopatli antiguo de la región de Tehuacán". Anales Del Instituto Nacional De Antropología E Historia, vol. 6, no. 11, pp. 75–85.
Books
- Book: Weitlaner-Johnson, Irmgard . Mexican Indian Folk Designs: 252 Motifs from Textiles . 1993 . Dover Publications . 978-0-486-27524-6 . New York . 27338148.
- Book: Irmgard, Weitlaner-Johnson . Design Motifs on Mexican Indian Textiles . Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt . 1976 . Graz, Austria.
Further reading
Notes and References
- Web site: Schneiderman . Stephanie . Irmgard Weitlaner-Johnson: A Student of Changes in Indigenous Oaxacan Culture . WARP Newsletter.
- Wasson, Valentina Pavlovna and R. Gordon Wasson. 1957. Mushrooms, Russia and History. Vol II. New York: Pantheon Books. pp. 237–238.
