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The Art of Precolumbian Gold: The Jan Mitchell Collection

The Art of Precolumbian Gold: The Jan Mitchell Collection

Jones, Julie, ed.

1985

248 pages

80 illustrations

This title is out of print.

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Table of contents

About the authors

List of Contributors

Acknowledgements

Foreword
Philippe de Montebello

Introduction
Julie Jones

The Old World and the Gold of the New
Priscilla E. Muller

Symbolism of Gold in Costa Rica and its Archaeological Perspective
Michael J. Snarskis

The Goldwork of Panama: An Iconographic and Chronological Perspective
Richard G. Cooke and Warwick Bray

Cultural Patterns in the Pre-Hispanic Goldwork of Colombia
Clemencia Plazas and Ana Maria Falchetti

Behind the Golden Mask: The Sican Gold Artifacts from Batan Grande, Peru
Paloma Carcedo Muro and Izumi Shimada

Ancient American Metallurgy: Five Hundred Years of Study
Warwick Bray

The Catalogue
Julie Jones and Heidi King

Bibliography

Met Art in Publication

Frog Pendant, Gold, tooth inlay, Coclé (Parita) — Frog Pendant
Coclé (Parita)
12th–14th century

Double Bat-Head Figure Pendant, Gold, Chiriqui — Double Bat-Head Figure Pendant
Chiriqui
11th–16th century

Funerary mask, Lambayeque (Sicán) artist(s), Gold, silver-copper alloy, cinnabar paint, Lambayeque (Sicán) — Funerary mask
Lambayeque (Sicán) artist(s)
900–1100 CE

Funerary Mask
, Gold, Calima (Ilama) — Funerary Mask
Calima (Ilama)
5th–1st century BCE

Figure Whistle, Gold, Moche — Figure Whistle
Moche
3rd–7th century

Double-End Animal Pendant, Gold, Conte (?) — Double-End Animal Pendant
Conte (?)
5th–8th century

Serpent (Tunjo), Gold, Muisca — Serpent (Tunjo)
Muisca
10th–16th century

Frog pendant, Chiriquí artist(s), Gold, Chiriquí — Frog pendant
Chiriquí artist(s)
700–1550 CE

Pectoral, Gold, Sonso — Pectoral
Sonso
13th–16th century

Pectoral, Chavín artist(s), Gold, Chavín — Pectoral
Chavín artist(s)
800–500 BCE

Headdress Ornament, Gold, Calima (Yotoco) — Headdress Ornament
Calima (Yotoco)
1st–7th century

Earflare with ritual procession, Chimú artist(s), Gold, Chimú — Earflare with ritual procession
Chimú artist(s)
1350–1470 CE

Masked Figure Pendant, Gold, Tairona — Masked Figure Pendant
Tairona
10th–16th century

Standing figure, Tolita-Tumaco artist(s), Gold, Tolita-Tumaco — Standing figure
Tolita-Tumaco artist(s)
500 BCE–300 CE

Poporo (lime container) with female figures, Quimbaya artist(s), Gold, Quimbaya — Poporo (lime container) with female figures
Quimbaya artist(s)
1–600 CE

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Mitchell, Jan, and Julie Jones. 1985. The Art of Precolumbian Gold: The Jan Mitchell Collection. 1st U.S. ed. New York Graphic Society Book. Boston: Little, Brown and Co.