Pre-Columbian Arts

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Inca Art and Empire: Technologies, c.1400-1532

Illustrations: Filipe Guaman poma de Ayala, 1584-1615

12-Sided Stone, Hatun Rumiyoc Street, Cuzco

Terraces, Moray

Metalwork

Terms: alloy, tumbaga; electrochemical replacement, depletion gilding

CHIMU, Deer Effigy, silver, before 1470

Alpaca, Silver (found at Lake Titicaca)

CHAVIN, Plaque, gold

CHIMU, Kero, gold

MOCHE, Banner, Sipan Tomb 1, gilt copper (copper-gold alloy=Tumbaga)

MOCHE, Peanut Necklace, Sipan Tomb 1, silver and gold

Kero in the form of a Man’s head, Machu Picchu, gold

Corn Cob (silver), leaves (gilt), perhaps from the Qoricancha, Cuzco

Ethnographic analogy: Desana (Tukanoan) people of Brazil

Textiles

Terms: Acclawasi; quipu; Casana Pattern

Royal Tunic with tocapu designeds, cotton and wool, c.1500

CHIMU, Mantle with Crescent headdress figures, c.1474-1534

Pancho with tocapu band

WARI, Lima Tunic, cotton and camelid wool

PARACAS, Mantle with Mask motif, linear embroidery

PARACAS, Mantle, Block color embroidery