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Paracas Fabrics and Nazca Needlework
Bird, Junius 1954 Hard VG Quarto
i-vii; 126 pp.; 128 Photo plates (many in color), 26 figs, charts Book provides an illustrated list of 99 specimens of Paracas fabrics and Nazca needlework, while also providing a thorough historical and technical study of the aforementioned textile.
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190.00 USD
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Putnam Anniversary Volume. Anthropological Essays Presented to Frederic Ward Putnam in Honor of his 70th Birthday
Boaz, Franz, ed. New York G.E.Strechert & Co. 1909 1st Soft Front cover and spine water stained else Good + Large quarto
x+627.illustrated with numerous photographs, drawings, paintings and an actual sample of purpura-dyed cloth. The text block and covers are rough cut. The pages are uncut. Printed on Normandy vellum, a strong, hand-made paper designed to imitate vellum. Cover and spine are water stained, and have slight chipping on the edges. The cover and the flyleaf are signed by the legendary North American ethnologist Fred Eggan. The volume consists of 25 essays, most by eminent scholars of American anthropology, and Putnam's bibliography. Contributors include: Kroeber; Fewkes; Willoughby; Mills; Moorehead; Saville; Pepper; Fletcher; Bowditch; Tozzer; Peabody; Nuttall; Goddard; Barrett; Hrdlicka; Boaz; Dixon; Swanton; H.I.Smith; and Dorsey.
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200.00 USD
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Archaeological Investigations in Peru. Selected Papers: I
Cole, John R., Donald A. Proulx, David L. Browman, Peter G. Roe, Alana Cordy-Collins, Renee Opperman, Thomas Pozorski, David H. Andrews, and Shelia Pozorski Greeley, Colorado Museum of Anthropology University of Northern Colorado Soft Very good Quarto
167 Pp. Book is illustrated with photographs, maps, drawings.
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20.00 USD
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Indian Art of Mexico and Central America
Covarrubias, Miguel Alfred A. Knopf Inc. 1957 Hard VG Fair Quarto
i-xvi; 360 pp.; Book is profusely illustrated with photos, drawings and numerous paintings by Covarrubias. There are slight tears on the spine and edges of the cover jacket. Discusses and illustrates art and culture of the region from the Archaic through Aztec.
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15.00 USD
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Checan
Hoyle, Rafael Larco 1965 Hard Very good prices clipped else very good Quarto
146 Pp. "Essay on Erotic elements in Peruvian art". 173 total photographs, 135 of which are in color.
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100.00 USD
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The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition To The Southern Hemisphere During The Years 1849-'50-'51-'52
J., Gilliss M.; MacRae A; Phelps, S. L; Smith, E. R U.S. Gov't Printing Office 1855 Hard Good + for age Quarto
i-ix; + 300 pages. Foxing and smudging on flyleaf and end papers but generally pretty clean. Previous owner's name on first fly leaf. A wide-ranging report on the natural history of the areas visited. Eighteen chromolithographs, 3 of artifacts and 15 of birds. Pp 111-150 is a chapter by Thomas Ewbank entitled, "A Description of the Indian Antiquities Brought From Chile and Peru, By The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition". Numerous full-page drawings of fishes, reptiles and fossils and smaller drawings of artifacts. Charts and maps. Marbled boards. Leather-tipped corners and front of rear board rubbed and top and bottom of leather spine torn for an inch or less. A real treasure w/ chapters by Jeffries Wyman, Spencer F. Baird, Asa Gray and T.A. Conrad. Price based on anthropological content.
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100.00 USD
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