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Man who invented Aztec crystal skulls : the adventures of Eugene Boban / Jane Maclaren Walsh.
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TextPublication details: New York : Berghahn Books, 2020.Description: xv, 312 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 178920478X
- 9781789204780
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Main Library | NonFiction | 930.1092 M161 | Available | 33111009649233 |
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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.