The man who invented Aztec crystal skulls : the adventures of Eugène Boban /

"Eugène Boban began life in humble circumstances in Paris, traveled to the California Gold Rush, and later became a recognized authority on pre-Columbian cultures. He also invented an entire category of archaeological artifact: the Aztec crystal skull. By his own admission, he successfully &qu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Walsh, Jane MacLaren (Autor), Topping, Brett, 1947- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, [2019]
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Boban, Eugène.
Archaeologists > Biography.
Crystal skulls > History.
French > Mexico > Biography.
Swindlers and swindling > Biography.
Art dealers > Biography.
Archaeology > Latin America > Miscellanea.
Archéologues > Biographies.
Crânes de cristal > Histoire.
Français > Mexique > Biographies.
Marchands d'œuvres d'art > Biographies.
Archéologie > Amérique latine > Miscellanées.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.
HISTORY / Ancient / General.
ART / Museum Studies
Antiquities > Collectors and collecting.
Archaeologists.
Art dealers.
Crystal skulls.
French.
Swindlers and swindling.
Mexico > Antiquities > Forgeries.
Latin America > Antiquities > Collectors and collecting > History.
Mexique > Antiquités > Faux.
Amérique latine > Antiquités > Collectionneurs et collections > Histoire.
Latin America.
Mexico.
ancient history.
antiquarian.
archaeological artifacts.
archaeological.
archaeology.
art.
bibliography.
biographical.
columbia.
columbian cultures.
con man.
counterfeit.
cultural anthropology.
cultural studies.
european museum.
famous art.
famous crooks.
historical travel and exploration.
human history.
humble beginnings.
humble circumstances.
lifetime.
memoir autobiography.
museum studies.
paris france.
pre-columbian art.
retrospective.
self-educated.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: on the trail of crystal skulls
  • Caveat emptor
  • Between old world and new
  • Mexico: ancient to modern
  • Mexico at mid-century
  • The Emperor's antiquarian-a collection takes shape
  • Confronting a different Paris
  • Marketing a collection
  • A premier collection
  • Narratives of provenance
  • The Rue du Sommerard decade
  • Of fakes and fakers
  • From student to teacher-dealer to curator
  • Good deals and bad
  • Back in business
  • Fingerprints on crystal skulls
  • Courting the Smithsonian
  • Of fakes, forgers, and frauds
  • "El Tocayo's" triumph
  • Later life
  • Afterlife
  • Epilogue.

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