Shamans, Gods, and Mythic Beasts: Colombian Gold and Ceramics in Antiquity

Shamans, Gods, and Mythic Beasts: Colombian Gold and Ceramics in Antiquity image
ISBN-10:

0295977558

ISBN-13:

9780295977553

Edition: First Edition
Released: Jan 01, 1998
Format: Paperback, 215 pages
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Description:

A catalog of a traveling art exhibition, presenting new interpretive perspectives on the prehispanic art of Colombia and introducing important new archaeological cultures recently uncovered in southwest and northern Colombia. Offers an in-depth look at richly symbolic ceramics and goldworks, and examines their significance and multiple meanings in indigenous religion, myth, sociology, and cosmology. Lavishly illustrated with high-quality color photos on most pages. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.












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