Research Catalog

Title

Magia de la sonrisa en el Golfo de México / texto, investigador del Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH), Pedro Francisco Sánchez Nava.

Publication

México, D.F. : Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 2015.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Sánchez Nava, Pedro Francisco
• Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (Mexico), issuing body. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/isb

Description

239 pages : color illustrations; 31 x 31 cm

Summary

"In the month of October 2015, the Institute published in Portuguese, a text with a selection of smiley clay figurines. Research continued and this book is the outcome of a splendid curatorship that resulted in a rich exhibition of the Secretaria de Cultura [] As a celebration, we have chosen to show a collection of magnificent pieces of clay known as "smiley faces" from Veracruz." (Our translation) --Page 9.

Subject

• Museo de Arqueología de Xalapa
• Laughter in art
• Indian sculpture > Veracruz-Llave (State) > Catalogs
• Indians of Mexico > Veracruz-Llave (State) > Antiquities > Catalogs
• Totonac sculpture
• Veracruz-Llave (Mexico : State) > Antiquities

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 58-59).

Contents

Presentaciones / Rafael Tovar y de Teresa, María Teresa Franco -- La risa mágica: expresiones en barro del centro de Veracruz / Pedro Francisco Sánchez Nava -- Introducción -- En torno a la risa -- El área geográfica cultural de las "Caritas Sonrientes" -- Antecedentes escultóricos -- Caritas Sonrientes: síntesis general -- contextos arqueológicos -- Ofrendas, rituales y significados -- La risa: reflejo de emociones -- Comentarios finales.

ISBN

• 9786074847116
• 6074847118

OCLC

• ocn961892883
• 961892883
• SCSB-5874391

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries