Moche Portraits from Ancient Peru
- ISBN-10
- 0292716222
- ISBN-13
- 9780292716223
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 188
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Author
- Christopher B. Donnan
Description
"This is the largest collection of Moche portraits that has ever been published. As one of the most remarkable groups of portraits produced by any ancient people, it will be of interest to all connoisseurs and scholars of the world's great art traditions, as well as to students of the Moche and prehistoric Andean peoples."--BOOK JACKET.
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