43630
Accession Number
30580
Title Of Article Chaper
Cire perdue copper casting in pre-Columban Mexico: an experi-mental approach
Title Of Journal Book
American Antiquity
Volume
30
Pages
189-92
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
An attempt was made to cast copper bells by the method described by Sahagun in 1555 for the casting of gold. The attempt was successful. Thus, the method appears to apply to copper as well as to gold. Native materials were used whenever possible. -- AATA
pub_id
43630
Title Translation
Etude expérimentale de la fonte du cuivre à cire perdue dans le Mexique précolumbien: approche expérimentale