Peruvian Gold Native Art Photos

Several civilazations rose and fell in what is now Peru: Moche, Nazca, Incan etc. They left behind a legacy of Gold.

See also: Native American Arts, Peruvian Ceramic Native Art
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Moche gold & inlaid earflares, Peru (3rd-7th C) at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY

Lambayeque tumi with seated high official made of gold with turquoise in Gold Museum, Lima. Peru

Lambayeque tumi with human figure in gold with turquoise in Gold Museum in Lima. Peru

Chimu gold ceremonial knife (Tumi) inlaid with turquoise (1100-1450) from Peru at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL

Lambayeque tumi in silver, gold & turquoise knife used for surgery is topped by Viringo (hairless dog) which had body temperature of 39°C was used for warmth by natives in Gold Museum, Lima. Peru

Lambayeque gold beaker of figure with shell (9th-11th C) from Peru at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY

Ica gold beakers showing birds in cornfield (1100-1438) from Peru at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL

Lambayeque vase in gold & turquoise with human figure in Lima's Gold Museum. Peru

Lambayeque hammered gold funerary mask (9th-11th C) from Peru at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY

Lambayeque Mask with turquoise in Gold Museum, Lima. Peru

Lambayeque funeral mask (c1000 AD) (from north coast of Peru) with emerald tears & cinnabar in Gold Museum, Lima. Peru

Lambayeque gold leaf sun & disks on textile in Gold Museum, Lima. Peru

Lambayeque hand in gold leaf in Gold Museum, Lima. Peru

Lambayeque gold bottle with double spouts & handle in Gold Museum, Lima. Peru

Lambayeque gold & turquoise necklace with faces in Gold Museum in Lima. Peru

Lambayeque bird earrings in Gold Museum, Lima. Peru

Lambayeque gold with turquoise earplugs in Gold Museum, Lima. Peru

Unidentified pre-Incan human figure ornament in Gold Museum, Lima. Peru

Inca idol, gold leaf human figure (15th C) in Gold Museum, Lima. Peru

Inca gold figures in Sun Island Museum. Bolivia

Inca idols used to identify sex of person in tomb (15th C) in Gold Museum, Lima. Peru

Inca offertory figures in Incan Museum in Cusco. Peru


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