Pre-Columbian shell engravings : from the Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma
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Pre-Columbian shell engravings : from the Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma
Peabody Museum Press, c1978-c1984
Paperback ed
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- v. 2
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityアフリカ専攻
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v. 1 ISBN 9780873657952
Description
The Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma was the richest source of pre-Columbian shell engravings in North America, a treasury of early native American artistry. From about A.D. 1250 until the early part of this century, it remained virtually undisturbed, but in 1933, it was plundered by commercial diggers. The fragments of the shell cups and gorgets became widely scattered, as museums and private collectors sought to acquire them. It is only through the publication of this work that the pieces have been put back together and that the variety of iconography and the skill of the engravers can be appraised.
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v. 2 ISBN 9780873658027
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The Craig Mound is a treasury of early Native American artistry and the richest source of pre-Columbian shell engravings in North America. These lavishly illustrated volumes showcase the variety of iconography and of the engravers.
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