| Description |
1 online resource |
| 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 |
| Summary |
"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 "palmed off" a number of these crystal skulls on the curators of Europe's leading museums. How could that happen, and who was this man? Detailed are the travels, self-education, and archaeological explorations of Eugène Boban; this book also explores the circumstances that allowed him to sell fakes to museums that would remain undetected for over a century."--Provided by publisher |
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ancient history |
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antiquarian |
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archaeological artifacts |
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archaeological |
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archaeology |
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art |
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bibliography |
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biographical |
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columbia |
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columbian cultures |
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con man |
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counterfeit |
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cultural anthropology |
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cultural studies |
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european museum |
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famous art |
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famous crooks |
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historical travel and exploration |
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human history |
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humble beginnings |
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humble circumstances |
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lifetime |
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memoir autobiography |
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museum studies |
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paris france |
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pre-columbian art |
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retrospective |
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self-educated |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Boban, Eugène
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| SUBJECT |
Boban, Eugène fast |
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Archaeologists -- Biography
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Crystal skulls -- History
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French -- Mexico -- Biography
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Swindlers and swindling -- Biography
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Art dealers -- Biography
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Archaeology -- Latin America -- Miscellanea
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.
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HISTORY / Ancient / General.
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ART / Museum Studies
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Antiquities -- Collectors and collecting
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Archaeologists
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Art dealers
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Crystal skulls
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French
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Swindlers and swindling
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Mexico -- Antiquities -- Forgeries
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Latin America -- Antiquities -- Collectors and collecting -- History
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Latin America
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Mexico
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Topping, Brett, 1947- author.
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| LC no. |
2018048818 |
| ISBN |
9781789200966 |
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1789200962 |
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