Lords of Creation: The Origins of Sacred Maya Kingship

Fields, Virginia (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1857593863 / ISBN 13: 9781857593860

Verlag: Scala Books, Los Angeles, 2005

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Collectible Fine Hardcover and Fine Mylar Protected Dust Jacket. NOT Price Clipped. NOT a library book Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2006. First American Edition.Clean 287 pages. 4to . A huge window into the sacred world of the jade kings of the Maya, Some of the finest photos ever. Great jade masks, Huge temples and painted ceramics. Besides the color photos the scholarly study of Mayan kingship is comprehensive and illuminating. The religious ritual duties of the Kings. Masks. Jade statues Jade Masks. See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 012686

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Titel: Lords of Creation: The Origins of Sacred ...

Verlag: Scala Books, Los Angeles

Erscheinungsdatum: 2005

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine

Auflage: 1. Auflage

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Offers a unique perspective on Matyan culture, focusing on kings and their relationship with their people as well as their gods.

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Dorie Reents-Budet is research associate at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.