47910
Accession Number
33523
Title Of Article Chaper
Sahagún y los orfebres pre-colombinos de México
Title Of Journal Book
Anales del Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia
Volume
9
Pages
85-117
Publisher
Mexico
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
An improved Spanish version is given of the account by Friar Bernadino de Sahagun of the <i>cire perdue techniquefor casting gold objects that was used by the Aztecs. This version is accompanied by a detailed commentary, and by a discussion of a number of examples of objects that could only have been produced by the use of this technique. -- AATA
pub_id
47910
Title Translation
Sahagun and the pre-Columbian goldsmiths of Mexico