Power of the Sun

The Gold of Colombia

• Author(s): Frank Herreman, Mireille Holsbeke, Etnografisch Museum (Antwerp, Belgium), Museum Paleis Lange Voorhout,
• Publisher: City of Antwerp
• Pages: 187
• ISBN_10: 9053490779
  ISBN_13: 9789053490778
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Antiques & Collectibles / Silver, Gold & Other Metals , Architecture / General , Art / General , Crafts & Hobbies / General , Design / Graphic Arts / Commercial & Corporate ,

Description:... Fully illustrated colour catalogue of an exhibition held at the Ethnographic Museum in Antwerp in 1993 presenting a selection of gold ornaments and ceramics from 8 pre-Columbian cultures: Tumaco, Calima, Narino, Quimbaya, Tolima, Sinu, Tairona, and Muisca. The collection is of the highest quality, and reveals many fine objects of outstanding beauty. The catalogue is introduced by 3 essays: Hunters of prehistory in El Dorado (J-F Bouchard); The art of the goldsmith in Colombia (F Herreman); Earthenware - A long neglected treasure-house of information (M Holsbeke) .