New York, NY, Estados Unidos : Thomas Y. Crowell, c1959.

124 p. : il. ; 27 cm.

Foreword. -- The maya. Some background for an undestanding of. Their art by Alfred Kidder II. -- A Brief description of maya art by. Carlos Samayoa Chinchilla. -- Some General and technical books on the maya. -- Plates. -- Highlands. -- 1. Head of Seated Bearded Man. - 2. Clay Figurines. - 3. Mushroom Stone. - 4. Mushroom Stone with Crouching Figure. - 5. Pottery Bowl. - 6. Clay Figurine and Head of Another Figurine. - 7. Stone Stela. - 8. Silhouetted Sculpture on Pedestal. - 9. Stone Figure. - 10. Stone Pisote. - 11. Two-Part Effigy Vessel. - 12. Two-Part Effigy Vessel. - 13. Effigy in "Thin Orange" Ware. - 14. Tripod Bowl. - 15. Tripod Vessel. - 16. Head with Nose and Ear Plugs. - 17. Clay Figure of Jaguar or Man as Jaguar. - 18. Conch Shell Trumpet. - 19. Head of Eagle. - 20. Effigy Head of Bearded Old Man. - 21. Pottery Effigy of Seated Woman with Jar. - 22. Vase with Spider Monkey. - 23. Man Seated on Bench. - 24. Polychrome Vase with Plumed Kneeling Figures. -- Southern lowlands. - 25. Hand-Modeled Figurines. - 26. Two-Part Pottery Monkey Effigy. - 27. Two-Part Seated Human Effigy. - 28. Polychrome Pottery Vase. - 29. Polychrome Round-Side Bowl. - 30. Pottery Vase. - 31. Effigy Whistle. - 32. Limestone Altar Leg. - 33. Detail from Carved Wooden Lintel. - 34. Drawing of Stela. - 35. Limestone Ball-Court Marker. - 36. Human Effigy (color). - 37. Tripod Pottery Plate (color). - 38. Head of Sun God. - 39. Stone Head of Deer. - 40. Grotesque Stone Head. - 41. Stone Head of Youthful Deity. - 42. Marble Vase. - 43. Jades. - 44. White Eccentric Flints and Obsidians. - 45. Brown Eccentric Flints and Obsidians. - 46. Flint Crescent, Shell, Bone Flute, and Carved Bone. -- Northern lowlands . - 47. Head from Figure. - 48. Hollow Figurine. - 49. Figure Emerging from Water Lily. - 50. Seated Figure of Woman. - 51. Seated Figure. - 52. Mother Standing over Child. - 53. Whistle Figurine. - 54. Seated Woman Weaving. - 55. Whistle Figurine of Owl. - 56. Whistle Figurine of Cloaked Man. - 57. Mold-Made Figurine. - 58. Tripod Polychrome Plate. - 59. Carved Pottery Bowl. - 60. Pedestal Bowl with Hollow Rattle Base. - 61. Cylindrical Pedestal-Base Vase. - 62. Vessel with Rattle Feet. - 63. Plumbate Pedestal-Base Vessel. - 64. Carved Pottery Bowl. -- Atlantic Slope. - 65. Anthropomorphic Incense Burner. - 66. Carved Miniature Pottery Containers. - 67. Vase with Mold-Made Panels. - 68. Whistle Figurine of Maize God - 69. Effigy Whistle. - 70. Pottery Whistle Figurine. - 71. Whistle Figurine. - 72. Figurine of Ball Player. - 73. Pottery Whistle Figurine. - 74. Pottery Whistle Figurine. - 75. Whistle Figurine. - 76. Figure of Deity or Priest. - 77. Whistle Figurine. - 78. Polychrome Vase. - 79. Polychrome Bowl (color). - 80. Chama Vase (color). - 81. High-Necked Jar. - 82. Pottery Incense Burner. - 83. Vase with Stamped Design. - 84. Vessel of Plumbate Ware. - 85. Eagle Warrior. - 86. Effigy Head with Cover. - 87. Pottery Cup with Jaguar Head Cover. - 88. Pyrite Mosaic Mirror. - 89. Stone Masquettes. - 90. Jades. -- Pacific slope. - 91. Altar or Stela Fragment. - 92. Thin Stone Head of Animal. - 93. Fragmentary Thin Stone Head. - 94. Thin Stone Head. - 95. Stone Vessel. -- Architecture. - 96. Temple of Giant Jaguar. - 97. Kneeling Figure with Torch. - 98. Stone Mask. - 99. Façade of "Palace". --

Tomado del prefacio: "This volume presents for the first time to the general public many fine and unusual examples of the pre-Columbian art of the Maya Indians of Central America. The collection upon which it is largely based represents the best of the holdings of the National Museum of Archaeology of the Republic of Guatemala, brought to the United States to form the nucleus of a special exhibition held at the University Museum, Philadelphia; The Detroit Institute of Arts; the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City; the de young memorial Museum, San Francisco; and the Los Angeles Country Museum. In addition to sculpture and ceramics from Guatemala, the cooperating museums have borrowed form a number of institutions and individual the best examples of maya art that could be obtained."