Miniature size, magical quality
Subtitle: Nasca art from the Alfred C. Glassell collection
By: Frances Marzio.
Contributors: Marzio, Frances.
Publisher: Museum of Fine Arts; Distributed by Yale University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Houston; New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 91
ISBN-13: 9780300137477
Subjects: Glassell, Alfred C. -- 1914- -- Ethnological collections; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Nazca culture; Indian shell engraving -- Peru; Shellcraft -- Peru; Spondylus -- Peru; Peru -- Antiquities
Description: "Presents a previously unpublished group of Nasca miniature objects from the Glassell Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. The miniatures, a majority of which first existed in pairs, date to about 600 A.D. and most were carved from or incorporate spondylus shell"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.