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Faces of eternity : masks of the Pre-Columbian Americas / by N. C. Christopher Couch

by N. Couch

An exhibition catalogue organised by the Americas Society, documenting an exhibition held in New York from September to December 1991 and in Raleigh, North Carolina, from May to July 1992.

Accession 719 ISBN 1879128039 Publisher Americas Society
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