Jimmy Weiskopf

“The opulent illustrations in Heirs of the Past gleam with the beauties of pre-Hispanic art. The engravings evoke the early revelations of Colombian archaeology and ethnography, yet, unlike other flashy compendiums, the magnum opus of anthropologist Carl Henrik Langebaek reaches startling conclusions: ‘The good Indian is […] an image just as efficient, or more so, for colonial purposes than tha...