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Faking the ancient Andes / Karen O. Bruhns, Nancy L. Kelker.

By: Bruhns, Karen Olsen
Contributor(s): Kelker, Nancy L
Language: English Publisher: Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, c2010.Description: 220 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781598743944; 9781598743951 (pbk.)Subject(s): Indian art -- Andes Region | Indian art -- Forgeries -- Andes Region | Forgery of antiquities -- Andes Region | Art forgeries -- Andes Region | Indians of South America -- Andes Region -- Antiquities | Art, AndeanDDC classification: 980.01
Contents:
Imagined histories : the problem of fakes -- Artisans, ateliers, and their faux works -- All that glitters is not old -- All slipped up and everywhere to go -- Clay-mates or imagination run riot -- Hard cheese for hard rocks -- Pocket candy : lapidary arts and objet de vertu in the Andes -- Woodcarvers, weavers, and fake mummies? -- Phoenicians and dinosaurs : the squirrely side of forgery -- Epilogue : money, money!
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book British Museum Africa Oceania and the Americas Open Shelves KUL [BRU -] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available M48191
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Imagined histories : the problem of fakes -- Artisans, ateliers, and their faux works -- All that glitters is not old -- All slipped up and everywhere to go -- Clay-mates or imagination run riot -- Hard cheese for hard rocks -- Pocket candy : lapidary arts and objet de vertu in the Andes -- Woodcarvers, weavers, and fake mummies? -- Phoenicians and dinosaurs : the squirrely side of forgery -- Epilogue : money, money!

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