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 &quo...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
[2019]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- 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.
