Works of art in the Pre-Columbian collection of the Metropolitan Museum : typescript / Elizabeth K. Easby. February 1956

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Works of art in the Pre-Columbian collection of the Metropolitan Museum : typescript / Elizabeth K. Easby. February 1956

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Typescript includes discussion and images of Maya, Aztec and Totonac sculptures and reliefs, Peruvian (Inca) textiles and pottery, Panamanian gold ornaments, and Peruvian and Columbian metalwork. Other cultures represented are Huastec, Colima, Teotihuacan, Mixtec, Paracas, Tiahuanaco (tapestries), Mochica, Chancay and Chimu. Periods covered range from approx. 375 B.C. to 1600 A.D.

[1], 17 leaves, [1] leaf of plates : ill., facsims. ; 29 cm.

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