Miniature size, magical quality

Nasca art from the Alfred C. Glassell collection

By Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

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Publish Date

2007

Publisher

Museum of Fine Arts,Distributed by Yale University Press

Language

eng

Pages

Description:

"Presents a previously unpublished group of Nasca miniature objects from the Glassell Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. The miniatures, a majority of which first existed in pairs, date to about 600 A.D. and most were carved from or incorporate spondylus shell"--Provided by publisher.

subjects: Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Nazca culture, Indian shell engraving, Ethnological collections, Spondylus, Antiquities, Shellcraft, Peru, antiquities, Miniature objects, Art collections

People: Alfred C. Glassell (1914-), Alfred C. Glassell (1913-)

Places: Peru