Main entry:

Coe, Michael D., author.

Title & Author:

The jaguar's children : pre-classic central Mexico / by Michael D. Coe.

Publication:

New York : Museum of Primitive Art; distributed by the New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Conn., ©1965.

Description:

126 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm

Notes:
"Based upon materials assembled for an exhibition of early central Mexican art which was held at the Museum of Primitive Art from February 17 to May 5, 1965."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-126).
Chronology of the middle pre-classic in Central Mexico -- Olmec art and iconography -- Middle pre-classic art in Central Mexico -- Large-scale stone sculpture -- Small-scale stone sculpture -- Pottery vessels -- Pottery figurines -- Tiapacoya ball players -- Pottery masks -- Roller stamps -- Human effigy figures -- The "Jaguar's children" -- The Olmec presence in Central Mexico.

Summary:

The art of the Olmec, originators of the earliest great civilization in Middle America.

Subject:

Indians of Mexico Antiquities.
Indian art Mexico.
Olmecs.
Peuples autochtones Mexique Antiquités.
Art des Peuples autochtones Mexique.
Olmèques.
Antiquities
Indian art
Olmeken.
Precolumbiaanse kunst.
Archeologische vondsten.
Indiens d'Amérique Mexique Antiquités.
Mexico Antiquities.
Mexique Antiquités.
Mexico

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs

Added entries:

Museum of Primitive Art (New York, N.Y.), curator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 123539
Call No.: PO7778; ID:85-B21169
Status: Available