Alt-Mexico : Archäologische Beiträge zur Kulturgeschichte seiner Bewohner : [volume 1] / von Hermann Strebel

Strebel, Hermann, 1861-1914 · 1885 · Hamburg ; Leipzig : L. Voss, · 38 pictures

Alt-Mexico, an 1885 archaeological study of Mexican antiquities by Hermann Strebel, published in Hamburg and Leipzig for scholars and collectors of pre-Columbian culture. Its plates are photographs of ceramic vessels, figurines, carved stone heads and fragments arranged in rows on shelves, with numbered labels, giving a sober, documentary record of form and surface texture useful for designers seeking ancient clay and stone motifs.

Mexico -- Antiquities

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