PRECOLUMBIAN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA

Art and artefacts from pre-Columbian sites in Colombia and Peru of the Chavin, Mochica, Chimu, Lambayeque, Sinu and Inca cultures.

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Animal shaped bowl.

Peru, Chavin, 850-400 BC. Museum of Art, Dallas.

Jars in the form of anthropomorphic maize cobs.

Peru, Mochica, 0-700 AD. British Museum, London.

Silver ritual drinking vessels.

Peru, Chimu, 1350-1476 AD. Museum fur Volkerkunde, Berlin.

 

"Linear style" textile of a mythical figure.

Peru, Paracas, 600-200 BC. David Bernstein Fine Art, New York.

"Gravy boat" style ceramic, used in religious ceremonies.

Bolivia, Tiahuanaco, 500 - 700 AD. Museum fur Volkerkunde, Berlin.

Anthropomorphic pectoral of the "Darien sub-style".

Colombia, 900-1200 AD. Museum of the American Indian, New York.

Featherwork tabard.

Peru, Nazca/Huari, 700-1100. Private Collection, New York.

Ceremonial knife or "tumi".

Peru, Sican, 1100-1300 AD. Museum fur Volkerkunde, Berlin.

Gold figurine of a Mamacona, a "Virgin of the Sun".

Peru, Inca, 1430-1532 AD. Museum fur Volkerkunde, Berlin.