"This volume of photographs and commentary brings together one of the most outstanding private collections of Pre-Columbian art treasures. Highlights of the collection include Zapotec ceramics, Aztec onyx figures, Peruvian textiles, Olmec masks, Maya jade and pre-Colombian goldwork, all of extraordinary quality and beauty. Contributors include distinguished specialists such as Gillet Griffin, Sergio Purini, F. Kent Reilly, Peter David Jo ..."
"•Hundreds of works of pre-Columbian art, little known to the general public or specialist, are brought together in this lavishly illustrated volume The pre-Columbian art of Latin America is still being discovered in the mountain valleys, deserts, tropical jungles and storerooms of museums and private collectors. From ancient Valdivian figurines and vessels made 5000 years before the arrival of Europeans, to Inca and Aztec objects create ..."