ROSENDAHL, Wilfried and WIEKZOREK, Alfried. Schadelkult: Kop - Lot 303

ROSENDAHL, Wilfried and WIEKZOREK, Alfried. Schadelkult: Kopf Und Schadel in Der Kulturgeschichte Des Menschen. Hannover, Schnell & Steiner, 2012. In-4, publisher's illustrated boards. 338 pages, numerous black and color illustrations and photographs in and out of text. Text in German, printed on two columns. Binding lightly scuffed, tiny tear on a cut on the second cover, slight yellowing of margins. Catalog for the eponymous exhibition at Mannheim's Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen, dedicated to the importance of the head and skull in the cultural history of mankind. The 36 authors of this book explore the theme of the "cult of the skull", based on over 300 objects from Neanderthal times, Ancient Egypt and Antiquity, from all continents. A very good copy of the very first comprehensive study of this subject.