American Section
Vol. XVIII / No. 3
By: Schuyler Cammann
Carvings in Walrus Ivory
When anyone mentions walrus ivory, we immediately think of small Eskimo carvings from the northernmost parts of the world. The […]
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Vol. XVIII / No. 1-2
By: Horace Willcox
Removal and Restoration of the Monuments of Caracol
The 1951 expedition of the University Museum to British Honduras brought out a substantial tonnage of Maya stelae and altars. […]
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Vol. XVIII / No. 1-2
By: Linton Satterthwaite Jr.
Sculptured Monuments From Caracol, British Honduras*
Title Reference* In the BULLETIN of May, 1951 (Vol. 16, No. 1) we gave some account of explorations at a […]
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Vol. XVI / No. 4
By: Theodore A. Seder
Old World Overtones in the New World: Some Parallels With North American Indian Musical Instruments
*Title Reference For many generations the question of the origin of the American Indian has aroused great interest, and archaeological […]
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Vol. XVI / No. 3
By: Rene D'Harnoncourt
Rene D’Harnoncourt: Museum of Modern Art
Mr. d’Harnoncourt chose a Sepik River wood sculpture from New Guinea. That is a fine thing without any qualification. I […]
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Vol. XVI / No. 3
By: Charles Addams
Charles Addams: ...Of The New Yorker
Charles Addams chose this figure of a whale from a Tlingit helmet, Southeast Alaska, and remarked: These objects were selected […]
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Vol. XVI / No. 3
By: Norman Bel Geddes
Norman Bel Geddes: Designer
Of this sculptured Mayan death’s head from Guatemala, Mr. Bel Geddes said: This intrigues me. I don’t especially like it […]
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Vol. XVI / No. 3
By: Jacques Lipchitz
Jacques Lipchitz: Sculptor
Mr. Lipchitz was asked why he had chosen this Mayan stone relief from Honduras, and he said: When you asked […]
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Vol. XVI / No. 1
By: L. S., Jr.
Reconnaissance in British Honduras
The eastern margin of the Classical “Old Empire” Maya area runs through the Crown Colony of British Honduras, between the […]
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Vol. XV / No. 1
By: Frank Gouldsmith Speck
Summary and Conclusions
The masking complex of the East, taken as a cultural phenomenon ranging from the Labrador area to Florida, fails to […]
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