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Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine's head

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Description: The Art and Architecture of Ancient America: The Mexican, Maya and Andean Peoples
TThe purpose of an introduction is to identify its bearer to his host in a phrase or two that solicit mutual understanding. In this book, products of aesthetic value are the principal theme. I have at all points sought to avoid the suggestion that works of art are mere illustrations to civilizations, preferring to present the artistic object itself as the unit of study. I have written about ‘cultures’ only when such topics were required to illuminate the objects, which are after all the …
PublisherYale University Press
Related print edition pages: pp.27-45
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00123.006

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