Nasca pots; Quimbaya figurines; Moche porn figures; stone shamans. Fakes and forgeries run rampant in the Andean art collections of international museums and private individuals. Authors Karen Bruhns and Nancy Kelker examine the phenomenon in this eye-opening volume. They discuss the most commonly forged classes and styles of artifacts; many of which were being duplicated as early as the 19th century. More important; they describe the system whereby these objects get made; purchased; authenticated; and placed in major museums as well as the complicity of forgers; dealers; curators; and collectors in this system. Unique to this volume are biographies of several of the forgers; who describe their craft and how they are able to effectively fool connoisseurs and specialists. This is an important accessible introduction to pre-Columbian art fraud for archaeologists; art historians; and museum professionals alike. A parallel volume by the same authors discusses fakes in Mesoamerican archaeology.
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