Andean art at Dumbarton Oaks

Description:

"The first of four catalogs documenting each piece in the Bliss Collection, work includes topical essays on the collector's perspective (E.H. Boone), the Andean world and technology of metal and cloth (H. Lechtman), textile structure and meaning (W.J. Conklin), and Peruvian textile art (A.P. Rowe). Object descriptions grouped by cultural affiliation include technological data, iconography, cultural significance, and reference to similar objects elsewhere"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

subjects: Andean Art,  Antiquities,  Art, Andean,  Indian art,  Indians,  Indians of South America,  Museums,  Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art,  Indian art, south america,  Indians of south america, antiquities,  Andes region

Places: Andes Region,  Washington (D.C.)