FAKE or Fabulous?

Here are some favorites from my library.
Also, I suggest you visit museums, shows and reputable dealers--take every opportunity to see the items you collect first hand.

Baroque to Folk by Christine Mather pub. by Museum of Intl Folk Art

The Folk Art of Latin America Visiones del Pueblo by Marion Oettinger Jr.

Relicarios, Devotional Miniatures from the Americas and Milagros Votive
Offerings of the Americas both by Martha Egan

Traditional Textiles of the Andes edited by Lynn Meisch (or anything by her)

Converging Cultures: Art and Identity in Spanish America edited by Diana Fane

Mexican Retablos by Gloria Fraser Giffords (or anything written by her)

Spanish Colonial Silver by Leona Davis Boylan

The History of Beads by Lois Sherr Dubin pub. by Harry Abrams

LINKS OF INTEREST

http://museodelacultura.perucultural.org.pe/colecciones.htm

http://www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx/espanol/cultura_y_sociedad/arte_popular/

 

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