Miniature size, magical quality : Nasca art from the Glassell collection /

Miniature size, magical quality : Nasca art from the Glassell collection /

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate author / creator:	Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Imprint:	Houston : Museum of Fine Arts ; New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press, c2007.
Description:	ix, 91 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 29 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Glassell, Alfred C. -- (Alfred Curry), -- 1914- -- Ethnological collections. Glassell, Alfred C. -- (Alfred Curry), -- 1913-2008. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Nazca culture. Indian shell engraving -- Peru. Shellcraft -- Peru. Spondylus -- Peru. Anthropology -- Private collections. Antiquities. Art -- Private collections. Indian shell engraving. Miniature objects. Nazca culture. Shellcraft. Spondylus. Peru -- Antiquities. Peru.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6696882

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Other authors / contributors:	Marzio, Frances.
ISBN:	9780300137477 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-91).
Summary:	"Presents a previously unpublished group of Nasca miniature objects from the Glassell Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. The miniatures, a majority of which first existed in pairs, date to about 600 A.D. and most were carved from or incorporate spondylus shell"--Provided by publisher.

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Call Number:	F3429.1.N3 M87 2007
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