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Bolivia - Tete d'une Statue Colossale, Ruines Aymaras a Tiaguanaco pres la Paz - Antiquites des Quichuas ou Incas de Bolivie - Vase Ancien des Quichuas de Bolivie  (Bolivie - Cabeza de una Estatua Colosal, Ruinas Aymaras en Tiaguanaco Cerca de la Paz - Antiguedades de los Quichuas o Incas de Bolivia - Vaso antiguo de los Quichuas de Bolivia) (Bolivia - Head of a colossal statue from the Aymara ruins at Tiahuanaco near La Paz - Antiquities of the Quichuas or Incas of Bolivia - Ancient Vase of the Quichuas of Bolivia) (Plate 2) - Vernet - 1843
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Bolivia - Tete d'une Statue Colossale, Ruines Aymaras a Tiaguanaco pres la Paz - Antiquites des Quichuas ou Incas de Bolivie - Vase Ancien des Quichuas de Bolivie (Bolivie - Cabeza de una Estatua Colosal, Ruinas Aymaras en Tiaguanaco Cerca de la Paz - Antiguedades de los Quichuas o Incas de Bolivia - Vaso antiguo de los Quichuas de Bolivia) (Bolivia - Head of a colossal statue from the Aymara ruins at Tiahuanaco near La Paz - Antiquities of the Quichuas or Incas of Bolivia - Ancient Vase of the Quichuas of Bolivia) (Plate 2)

ArtistVernet
EngraverAugustin Francois Lemaitre (1797-1870)
Date1843
TechniqueCopper Engraving
CategoryUncategorized
SourceMexique et Guatemala par M.De Larenaudiere, Peru par M.Lacroixd, Paris, Firmin Didot Freres, Editeurs, Imprimeurs Libraires de L'Institut de France

Description

This engraving presents a collection of colossal statue heads, depictions of ancient human faces, and ceramic vessel examples found in and around Tiahuanaco (Tiwanaku), one of the most important archaeological centers of the Andean civilizations in Bolivia.