Designs from pre-Columbian Mexico
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Author
Publication
1971 - Dover Publications, New York, United Kingdom
Language
English
Word Count
26,250 words, Guess
Page Count
105 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL22318047M
- ISBN-100486227944
- OCLC Control Number163398
- OCLC Control Numberdesignsfrompreco0000enci
- Library of Congress Control Number73168905
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.
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Series Statement
- Dover pictorial archive series
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