Masks, Mummies, and Magicians; A Voyage of Exploration in Pre-Inca Peru

WAISBARD, Simone and Roger;

Published by . Edinburgh and London, Oliver & Boyd, 1965, First English Edition.

About this Item

8vo [21.5 x 15 cm]; xii, 176 pp, 16 photo plates, some with more than one illustrations, text figures, 3 maps, chronologies, glossary of words in Quechua, Aymara, Spanish. original pictorial cloth, spine title lettering, book is fine, unmarked & clean in good dust jacket (price clipped, closed tears, light wear). The authors explore the early civilizations of Peru, pre-dating the Incan empire by 1,500 years or more, describing Walla-Marka, everyday life of the Wallas, Munaos and Malkis, funeral rites, luggage for the after-life, the pyramid valley, Wakoto, the talking oracle of Rimac, pagan cults, Wakas, Wallalo, deities of the Pacific, etc. This edition includes the supplements. Nicely illustrated. A picture of this book is available on request.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Masks, Mummies, and Magicians; A Voyage of Exploration in Pre-Inca Peru
• Publisher: . Edinburgh and London, Oliver & Boyd, 1965, First English Edition.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Travel - South America