Pottery of Costa Rica and Nicaragua (Two Volumes)
New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1926. Original. Softcover. Tan card wraps with black lettering. 529 pp., numbered continuously between the two volumes. 205 plates (including 57 in color, 3 folding in bw, and 1 folding in color); 287 bw figures.. Vol II - text block is split. Good, clean and bright with many pairs of pages remain uncut at fore edge. Covers are soiled. Front cover/spine of Volume II detached from text block but still attached to back cover. Vol II - text block is split. Page 300 has a red clay stain at top; Plate VI has some sort of dark pink smudge and other soiling; Plate XXI is detached and laid in; Plate CXLVI is loose and attached only at very top of spine. NOTE: There is a binding error to Volume II: Pages 383-412, inclusive, are missing completely, including Figures 280-284 and Plates 93-95 (Highland Polychrome Ware). Pages 413-426 and pages 449-460 are included twice (and not in the correct places!). Item #153677
Volume III in the series, Contributions from the Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation. Includes historical background of material culture, manners and customs, tribes and languages, religion, etc. Part II (The Pacific Area) covers general considerations of the archeology; geological man; and various types of pottery (polychrome ware, including with painted decoration; under-slip incised ware; luna ware; intermediate wares; monochrome ware, and misc). Part III covers the same types of wares for the Highland Region, with the addition of applique ware and simple painted ware. Part IV contains the summary and conclusions, followed by 5 appendices. Each volume has a list of plates for that volume. The text is extensively thorough, and the illustrations plentiful. Excellent color plates. Despite the condition, neither volume appears to have been read much (pages so clean and many uncut).
Price: $125.00