Museo del Jade Marco Fidel Tristán Castro
Subtitle: una herencia milenaria.
Contributors: Instituto Nacional de Seguros (Costa Rica)
Publisher: Instituto Nacional de Seguros
Published: 2004
Place of publication: San José, Costa Rica
Language: mul
Number of pages: 99
ISBN-13: 9789977933603
Subjects: Museo de Jade (Instituto Nacional de Seguros) -- Catalogs.; Indian art -- Costa Rica.; Jade art objects -- Costa Rica -- Catalogs.; Jade carving -- Costa Rica -- Catalogs.; Indians of Central America -- Costa Rica -- Antiquities.
Genres: Catalogs.
Other titles: Herencia milenaria
Description: Beautifully illustrated catalogue of selected collection of the Pre-Columbian archaeological jade objects from the holdings of the museum. The outstanding jade pieces come from the year 500 BC to 800 AC and reflect the high level of artistic, magic, social and cultural degree reached by Pre-Columbian cultures and are evidence of social and cultural interchange between the Costa Rica Indians and the people of Mesoamerica, like the Mayas and the Olmecas. Introductory text with the history of the museum.
Notes: Spanish and English.