The Man Who Invented Aztec Crystal Skulls : : The Adventures of Eugène Boban / / Jane MacLaren Walsh, Brett Topping.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Walsh, Jane MacLaren,; Topping, Brett,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (348 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Acknowledgments --; Authors’ Note --; Abbreviations --; Introduction: On the Trail of Crystal Skulls --; 1 Caveat Emptor --; 2 Between Old World and New --; 3 Mexico: Ancient to Modern --; 4 Mexico at Mid-Century --; 5 The Emperor’s Antiquarian: A Collection Takes Shape --; 6 Confronting a Different Paris --; 7 Marketing a Collection --; 8 A Premier Collection --; 9 Narratives of Provenance --; 10 The Rue du Sommerard Decade --; 11 Of Fakes and Fakers --; 12 From Student to Teacher, Dealer to Curator --; 13 Good Deals and Bad --; 14 Back in Business --; 15 Fingerprints on Crystal Skulls --; 16 Courting the Smithsonian --; 17 Of Fakes, Forgers, and Frauds --; 18 “El Tocayo’s” Triumph --; 19 Later Life --; 20 Afterlife --; Epilogue --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781789200966; 9783110998115
• DOI: 10.1515/9781789200966?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Jane MacLaren Walsh, Brett Topping.

Eugène Boban began life in humble circumstances in Paris, traveled to the California Gold Rush, and later became a recognized authority on pre-Columbian cultures. He also invented an entire category of archaeological artifact: the Aztec crystal skull. By his own admission, he successfully “palmed off” a number of these crystal skulls on the curators of Europe’s leading museums. How could that happen, and who was this man? Detailed are the travels, self-education, and archaeological explorations of Eugène Boban; this book also explores the circumstances that allowed him to sell fakes to museums that would remain undetected for over a century.