Design motifs of ancient Mexico.
Publisher: Dover
Published: 1953
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; spa
Number of pages: 153
Work titles: Sellos del Antiguo Mexico
Description: Here is an unusual collection of pictorial material - 766 vigorous primitive designs, all of it copyright free. The book reproduces plumed serpents, calendrical elements, wind gods, insects, toads, lizards, birds, real and mythological animals, flowers, demons, the human head and figure, and hundreds of abstract ornamental designs derived from carved seals of the Aztec, Maya, Totonac, Zapotec, Olmec, Toltec, and other early Mexican cultures.
Notes: Originally published in 1947 as 'Sellos del Antiguo Mexico'.