Power of the sun : the gold of Colombia /
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Author / Creator: | Herreman, Frank. |
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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 |
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) . |
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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 |