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Corporate Author Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Title Miniature size, magical quality : Nasca art from the Glassell collection / Frances Marzio.

Publication Info. Houston : Museum of Fine Arts ; New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press, [2007]
©2007
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  OVERSIZE 736.0985 M986M    Check Shelf
Description ix, 91 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), 1 color map ; 29 cm
Summary "Presents a previously unpublished group of Nasca miniature objects from the Glassell Collection of Pre-Columbian Art.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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-91).
Subject Nazca culture.
Indian shell engraving -- Peru.
Local Subject Indigenous shell engraving -- Peru.
Subject Shellcraft -- Peru.
Spondylus -- Peru.
Miniature objects -- Peru.
Peru -- Antiquities.
Glassell, Alfred C. (Alfred Curry), 1913-2008 -- Ethnological collections.
Glassell, Alfred C. (Alfred Curry), 1913-2008 -- Art collections.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Added Author Marzio, Frances.
ISBN 9780300137477 softcover alkaline paper
0300137478 softcover alkaline paper
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