Faking Ancient Mesoamerica

Kelker, Nancy L

ISBN 10: 1598741497 / ISBN 13: 9781598741490

Published by Routledge, 2012

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Synopsis:

Crystal skulls, imaginative codices, dubious Olmec heads and cute Colima dogs. Fakes and forgeries run rampant in the Mesoamerican art collections of international museums and private individuals. Authors Nancy Kelker and Karen Bruhns examine the phenomenon in this eye-opening volume. They discuss the most commonly forged classes and styles of artifacts, many of which were being duplicated as early as the 19th century. More important, they describe the system whereby these objects get made, purchased, authenticated, and placed in major museums as well as the complicity of forgers, dealers, curators, and collectors in this system. Unique to this volume are biographies of several of the forgers, who describe their craft and how they are able to effectively fool connoisseurs and specialists. An important, accessible introduction to pre-Columbian art fraud for archaeologists, art historians, and museum professionals alike. A parallel volume by the same authors discusses fakes in Andean archaeology.

About the Author: Kelker, Nancy L; Bruhns, Karen O

Bibliographic Details

Title: Faking Ancient Mesoamerica
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: paperback
Condition: Very Good