Author

Publication

1971 - Dover Publications, New York, United Kingdom

Language

English

Word Count

26,250 words, Guess

Page Count

105 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing176427
  • Goodreads480453

Classifications

  • DDC745.4/41
  • LCCF1219.3.A7

Description

Bold, rhythmic circle designs, originally incorporated on small clay spindle weights, depicting man-like deities; animals both real and fantastic; reptiles, birds, flowers, masks, geometrical figures, wheels, foliage, maze-like patterns, frets--all employed with the boldness and fanciful characteristics of pre-Columbian art. Sourcebook of 300 motifs created by the Aztecs, Toltecs, Totonacs and other pre-Conquest peoples of Mexico, found on malacates discovered in archaeological digs, reproduced in black-and-white.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Dover pictorial archive series

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