Mirrors of clay : reflections of ancient Andean life in ceramics from the Sam Olden collection / Yumi Park ; with an introduction by Sam Olden ; photography by Eric Huntington.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Park, Yumi.

Contributor:

Huntington, Eric.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indian pottery--Andes Region--Catalogs.

Indian pottery.

Andes Region--Antiquities--Catalogs.

Andes Region.

Mississippi Museum of Art--Ethnological collections--Catalogs.

Mississippi Museum of Art.

Olden, Sam, 1919---Ethnological collections.

Olden, Sam.

Olden, Sam, 1919---Art collections.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (97 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : Jackson State University, Mississippi Museum of Art : Distributed by the University Press of Mississippi, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mirrors of Clay: Reflections of Ancient Andean Life in Ceramics from the Sam Olden Collection features photographs and descriptions of sixty ceramic vessels from ancient Andean American cultures, including the Cupisnique, Chavín, Vicús, Nazca, Moche, Tiwanaku, Lambayeque, and Chimú, which flourished between 1200 BCE and 1550 CE. These distinctive ceramic vessels, selected from the collection of Sam Olden, were given to the Mississippi Museum of Art and are included in a special exhibition presented by the museum and Jackson State University. The pieces reveal each culture's stylistic ae

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Early Andean Cultures: Ceramic Traditions; Timeline of Early Andean Cultures; Cupisnique; Chavín; Vicús; Nazca; Moche; Tiwanaku; Lambayeque; Chimú; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-85095-8

1-62103-963-3

OCLC:

819635388