The man who invented Aztec crystal skulls : the adventures of Eugène Boban.
by
WALSH, Jane MacLaren, author
Title
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The man who invented Aztec crystal skulls : the adventures of Eugène Boban.
Author
:
WALSH, Jane MacLaren, author
ISBN
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9781789204780
Personal Author
:
WALSH, Jane MacLaren, author
Publication Information
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New York : BERGHAHN BOOKS, 2020.
Physical Description
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xv, 312 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Abstract
:
Eugène Boban began life in humble circumstances in Paris, traveled to the California Gold Rush, and later became a recognized authority on pre-Columbian cultures. He also invented an entire category of archaeological artifact: the Aztec crystal skull. By his own admission, he successfully palmed off a number of these crystal skulls on the curators of Europes leading museums. How could that happen, and who was this man? Detailed are the travels, self-education, and archaeological explorations of Eugne Boban; this book also explores the circumstances that allowed him to sell fakes to museums that would remain undetected for over a century.
Personal Subject
:
Boban, Eugène.
Subject Term
:
Antiquarians -- France -- Biography.
French -- Mexico -- Biography.
Forgery of antiquities -- Mexico -- History -- 19th century.
Forgery of antiquities -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century.
Antiquarians.
Forgery of antiquities.
French.
Geographic Term
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France.
Mexico.
Genre
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Biographies.
History.
Field 805
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npmlib 11003640 CC115.B59 W35 yh
Library | Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Copy | Material Type | Status |
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NPM Library | CC115.B59 W35 2020 | 11003640 | 1 | B | *西文書二區(調閱申請) |