Precious Materials in Asian History - Essays on Turquoise, Amber, Ivory, Diamond and Gold

Informationen zum Autor Berthold Laufer (1874-1934) was one of the earliest and most erudite Western scholars of Asian culture. He was the primary contributor to the great collection of anthropological material now preserved at the Field Museum of Natural History! Chicago! a collection he curated for some 26 years. Klappentext Essays on the sources! usage! social significance and folklore of some of the most prominent precious materials in the history of China! South Asia and the Himalayas.

Product details

• Authors: Berthold Laufer
• Publisher: Antique Collector's Club
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 28.02.2009, delayed
• EAN: 9789745241091
• ISBN: 978-974-524-109-1
• No. of pages: 275
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Umweltwissenschaften, NATURE / Natural Resources, HISTORY / Asia / General, Geologie und die Lithosphäre, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, History - General History