アンデス考古学コミュのFaking the Ancient Andes

アンデス遺物の贋作に関する本が出ました。たいへん興味深い内容です。贋作と知らずに研究対象としているものもあったりして...。こわー

『Faking the Ancient Andes』

Karen O. Bruhns; Nancy L. Kelker
224 pp. / 6.00 x 9.00 / Nov, 2009
Hardback (978-1-59874-394-4)
Paperback (978-1-59874-395-1)

【概要】
Nasca pots, Quimbaya figurines, Moche porn figures, stone shamans. Fakes and forgeries run rampant in the Andean art collections of international museums and private individuals. Authors Karen Bruhns and Nancy Kelker examine the phenomenon in this eye-opening volume. They discuss the most commonly forged classes and styles of artifacts, many of which were being duplicated centuries ago. More important, they describe the system whereby these objects get made, purchased, authenticated, and placed in major museums as well as the complicity of forgers, dealers, curators, and collectors in this system. Unique to this volume are biographies of several of the forgers, who describe their craft and how they are able to effectively fool connoisseurs and specialists. An important, accessible introduction to pre-Columbian art fraud for archaeologists, art historians, and museum professionals alike.