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The Aztec and Maya papermakers / by Victor Wolfgang Von Hagen ; with an introduction by Dard Hunter.
LIBRA Oversize 676 V894
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Von Hagen, Victor Wolfgang, 1908-1985.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aztecs--Papermaking.
- Aztecs.
- Mayas--Papermaking.
- Mayas.
- Otomi Indians--Papermaking.
- Otomi Indians.
- Miskito Indians--Papermaking.
- Miskito Indians.
- Papermaking--Mexico.
- Papermaking.
- Papermaking--Central America.
- Indians of Mexico--Papermaking.
- Indians of Mexico.
- Indians of Central America--Papermaking.
- Indians of Central America.
- Handmade paper--Mexico.
- Handmade paper.
- Indians of Mexico--Religion.
- Fiber plants.
- Tapa.
- Paper--Microscopy.
- Paper.
- Ceremonial paper--Mexico.
- Ceremonial paper.
- Mexico.
- Central America.
- Ceremonial paper--Mexico--Specimens.
- Tapa--Specimens.
- Paper, Plant fiber.
- Paper, Plant fiber--Specimens.
- Paper, Bark.
- Paper, Bark--Specimens.
- Paper, Mulberry.
- Paper, Mulberry--Specimens.
- Local Subjects:
- Ceremonial paper--Mexico--Specimens.
- Tapa--Specimens.
- Paper, Plant fiber.
- Paper, Plant fiber--Specimens.
- Paper, Bark.
- Paper, Bark--Specimens.
- Paper, Mulberry.
- Paper, Mulberry--Specimens.
- Physical Description:
- 115 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates, 32 leaves of plates (2 folded) : illustrations, mounted color facsimile, maps, mounted samples ; 34 cm
- Manufacture:
- New York, N.Y. : George Grady Press.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : J.J. Augustin, [1943]
- Notes:
- Mounted facsim. printed on folded sheet.
- Samples comprise 2 ceremonial paper dolls (1 each of light and dark xalamatl paper); 1 piece each of xalamatl limón, chichicaste, and moral paper from the inner bark of the mulberry tree, all made by the Otomi Indians, San Pablito, Hidalgo, Mexico; 1 piece of cilamatl paper, made by the Aztecs of Chicontepec, Vera Cruz, Mexico; and 1 piece of bark cloth from the fibers of the ficus tree, made by the Miskito of Honduras.
- Bibliography: pages 111-115.
- Local Notes:
- "Limited edition of two hundred twenty copies ... This is number 124 ... "
- OCLC:
- 3029612
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