The Man Who Invented Aztec Crystal Skulls: The Adventures of Eugène Boban - Softcover

Walsh, Jane MacLaren; Topping, Brett

 
9781789204780: The Man Who Invented Aztec Crystal Skulls: The Adventures of Eugène Boban
Softcover
ISBN 10: 178920478X ISBN 13: 9781789204780
Verlag: Berghahn Books, 2020

Inhaltsangabe

Eugène Boban began life in humble circumstances in Paris, traveled to the California Gold Rush, and later became a recognized authority on pre-Columbian cultures. He also invented an entire category of archaeological artifact: the Aztec crystal skull. By his own admission, he successfully "palmed off" a number of these crystal skulls on the curators of Europe's leading museums. How could that happen, and who was this man? Detailed are the travels, self-education, and archaeological explorations of Eugène Boban; this book also explores the circumstances that allowed him to sell fakes to museums that would remain undetected for over a century.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Brett Topping has been a professional writer and editor of arts and humanities publications for more than thirty-five years. During her career she was Editor at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, and Director of Publications for the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA).

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Verlag
Berghahn Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
178920478X
ISBN 13 
9781789204780
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
332
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