Power of the sun : the gold of Colombia /

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Author / Creator:Herreman, Frank.
Imprint:[Antwerp] : City of Antwerp ; The Hague : Museum Paleis Lange Voorhout : Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon, c1993.
Description:187 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1702611
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Other title:Gold of Colombia.
Other authors / contributors:Holsbeke, Mireille.
Etnografisch Museum (Antwerp, Belgium)
Museum Paleis Lange Voorhout.
ISBN:9053490779
Notes:Catalog of an exhibition, held in the Ethnographic Museum, Antwerp, June 19-Sept. 5, 1993 and in the Museum Paleis Lange Voorhout, The Hague, Sept. 25, 1993-Jan. 9, 1994.
Title on spine: The gold of Colombia.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187).
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Summary:Fully illustrated colour catalogue of an exhibition held at the Ethnographic Museum in Antwerp in 1993 presenting a selection of gold ornaments and ceramics from 8 pre-Columbian cultures: Tumaco, Calima, Narino, Quimbaya, Tolima, Sinu, Tairona, and Muisca. The collection is of the highest quality, and reveals many fine objects of outstanding beauty. The catalogue is introduced by 3 essays: Hunters of prehistory in El Dorado (J-F Bouchard); The art of the goldsmith in Colombia (F Herreman); Earthenware - A long neglected treasure-house of information (M Holsbeke) .
Item Description:Catalog of an exhibition, held in the Ethnographic Museum, Antwerp, June 19-Sept. 5, 1993 and in the Museum Paleis Lange Voorhout, The Hague, Sept. 25, 1993-Jan. 9, 1994.
Title on spine: The gold of Colombia.
Physical Description:187 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 187).
ISBN:9053490779