Title: Miniature size, magical quality
Subtitle: Nasca art from the Glassell collection
Description: "Presents a previously unpublished group of Nasca miniature objects from the Glassell Collection of Pre-Columbian Art.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.
Subjects: Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Nazca culture, Indian shell engraving, Ethnological collections, Spondylus, Antiquities, Shellcraft, Peru, antiquities, Miniature objects, Art collections
Places: Peru
People: Alfred C. Glassell (1914-), Alfred C. Glassell (1913-)