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Book Review
The Man Who Invented Aztec Crystal Skulls: The Adventures of Eugène Boban
05/2021 | 1418 | 163
Pages: 478-480
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Reviewer:
Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Boban, Eugène
places:
Mexico City / Paris
subjects:
Aztec / Rock crystals / Forgeries
subjects:
Skulls / Fakes
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subjects:
The Man Who Invented Aztec Crystal Skulls: The Adventures of Eug ne Boban By Jane MacLaren Walsh and Brett Topping. 348 pp. incl. 81 b. & w. ills. (Berghahn Books, New York and Oxford, 2020),  15.95. ISBN 978–1–789–20478–0. | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
7. Human skull. Probably French, mid-nineteenth century. Rock crystal, height 25 cm. (British Museum, London).