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Pre-Columbian art from Central America and Colombia at Dumbarton Oaks / Colin McEwan and John W. Hoopes, editors ; with additional contributions by Harriet F. Beaubien [and thirty others].
Penn Museum Library - Oversize F1434.2.A7 P735 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beaubien, Harriet F., author.
- Series:
- Pre-Columbian art at Dumbarton Oaks ; no. 5.
- Pre-Columbian art at Dumbarton Oaks ; number 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art.
- Dumbarton Oaks.
- Indian art--Central America--Catalogs.
- Indian art.
- Indian art--Colombia--Catalogs.
- Indians of Central America--Antiquities--Catalogs.
- Indians of Central America.
- Indians of South America--Colombia--Antiquities--Catalogs.
- Indians of South America.
- Indians of Central America--Antiquities.
- Indians of South America--Antiquities.
- Dumbarton Oaks--Catalogs.
- Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art--Catalogs.
- Antiquities.
- Central America.
- Colombia.
- Genre:
- Catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 768 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 32 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, [2021]
- Summary:
- "Catalogue of the collection of Pre-Columbian Art from Central America and Colombia at Dumbarton Oaks. The catalogue, written by leading international scholars of Pre-Columbian art history and archaeology, contains detailed analyses of specific works of art along with thematic essays situating these works within the broader context of greater Central American culture"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Jadeworking / Bricitte Kovacevich
- The Anthropomorphic Celtiform Pendant Theme of the Jade Tradition in Costa Rica / David Mora-Marin
- A Noninvasive Approach to the Study of Jade Artifacts from Central America / David Mora-Marin
- Catalogue Entries For Greenstone Objects From Central America
- Metallurgy in Costa Rica / Patricia Fernandez Esquivel
- Monumentality and Portability Stone Spheres and Gold Ornaments from the Diquis Delta / Francisco Corrales Ulloa
- Catalogue Entries For Objects From Finca 4
- Map of Panama
- Resurrecting Playa Venado, a Pre-Columbian Burial Ground in Panama / Anthony J. Ranere
- Funerary Rituals among the Elite of the Rio Grande Chiefdom, Panama Preparations for the Final Voyage of a Powerful Code Warrior / Mercedes Guinea Bueno
- Catalogue Entries For Objects From Playa Venado
- Technological Insights into Goldworking in Pre-Columbian Panama / Ainslie Harrison
- Catalogue Entries For Metal Objects From Greater Chiriqui And Greater Cocle
- Map of Colombia
- Early Metalwork in Caribbean Colombia and Southern Central America / Stewart D. Redwood
- Nahuange Metalwork from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Northern Colombia, 100-1000 CE Development and Relations with Neighboring Areas / Juanita Saenz Samper
- Funerary Contexts of Herrera and Muisca Goldwork Recent Data from Nueva Esperanza, Sabana de Bogota, Colombia / Sebastian Rivas Estrada
- Catalogue Entries For Objects From Colombia
- Appendix
- Compositional Analysis of the Pre-Columbian Metal Objects from the Dumbarton Oaks Collection / Kim Cullen Cobb.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780884024699
- 0884024695
- OCLC:
- 1238131723
- Publisher Number:
- 99989174300
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