Jade in ancient Costa Rica / Mark Miller Graham [and others] ; edited by Julie Jones.

This well-illustrated catalogue of works drawn chiefly from Costa Rican collections reviews current information on the jades of Costa Rica and their archaeological context, images, and relationship to the jades of Mexico and the Maya area. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Other Authors: Graham, Mark Miller, 1944-
Jones, Julie (Curator)
Language:English
Published: New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art, [1998], ©1998.
Subjects:
Indigenous peoples of Central America > Jewelry > Costa Rica > Exhibitions.
Indigenous peoples of Central America > Costa Rica > Antiquities > Exhibitions.
Jade carving > Costa Rica > Exhibitions.
Jade jewelry > Costa Rica > Exhibitions.
Costa Rica > Antiquities > Exhibitions.
Indians of Central America > Antiquities.
Indians of Central America > Jewelry.
Antiquities.
Jade carving.
Jade jewelry.
Costa Rica.
Exhibition catalogs.
Electronic books.
Genre:
Exhibitions.
Exhibition catalogs.
Electronic books.
Online Access:
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Physical Description:1 online resource (127 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • The archaeological context of jade in Costa Rica / Juan Vicente Guerrero M.
  • Mesoamerican jade and Costa Rica / Mark Miller Graham
  • The imagery and symbolism of precolumbian jade in Costa Rica / Michael J. Snarskis
  • The collections of the Museo del Jade Marco Fidel Tristán Castro, San Jose / Zulay soto Méndez.