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[null,null,"Autore",null,"Walsh Jane MacLaren"]
[null,null,"Titolo",null,"The man who invented Aztec crystal skulls : the adventures of Eugène Boban / / Jane MacLaren Walsh and Brett Topping"]
[null,null,"Pubbl/distr/stampa",null,"New York ; ; Oxford : , : Berghahn Books, , 2019"]
[null,null,"ISBN",null,"1-78920-096-2"]
[null,null,"Descrizione fisica",null,"1 online resource (330 pages)"]
[null,null,"Disciplina",null,"930.1092"]
[null,null,"Soggetti",null,"Archaeologists"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Crystal skulls - History"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Latin America Antiquities Collectors and collecting History"]
[null,null,"Lingua di pubblicazione",null,"Inglese"]
[null,null,"Formato",null,"Materiale a stampa"]
[null,null,null,"Livello bibliografico","Monografia"]
[null,null,"Nota di contenuto",null,"Intro -- The Man Who Invented Aztec Crystal Skulls -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Authors' Note -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Caveat Emptor -- Chapter 2. Between Old World and New -- Chapter 3. Mexico -- Chapter 4. Mexico at Mid-Century -- Chapter 5. The Emperor's Antiquarian -- Chapter 6. Confronting a Different Paris -- Chapter 7. Marketing a Collection -- Chapter 8. A Premier Collection -- Chapter 9. Narratives of Provenance -- Chapter 10. The Rue du Sommerard Decade -- Chapter 11. Of Fakes and Fakers -- Chapter 12. From Student to Teacher, Dealer to Curator -- Chapter 13. Good Deals and Bad -- Chapter 14. Back in Business -- Chapter 15. Fingerprints on Crystal Skulls -- Chapter 16. Courting the Smithsonian -- Chapter 17. Of Fakes, Forgers, and Frauds -- Chapter 18. \"El Tocayo's\" Triumph -- Chapter 19. Later Life -- Chapter 20. Afterlife -- Epilogue -- References -- Index."]
[null,null,null,"Sommario/riassunto","\"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 \"palmed off\" a number of these crystal skulls on the curators of Europe's leading museums. How could that happen, and who was this man? Detailed are the travels, self-education, and archaeological explorations of Eugène Boban; this book also explores the circumstances that allowed him to sell fakes to museums that "]
[{"$nulls":4},"would remain undetected for over a century.\"--Provided by publisher."]