travel south america peru lima pueblo libre district museo larco ceremonial vessels exhibit


Ceremonial Vessels section, Room 8...
"The most important ceremonmies in the societies of ancient Peru were associated with fertility, sacarifice and the cult of the dead. In each of these three cases, the offering and exchange of fluids waas central, and therefore containers for liquids were of particular importance." - Museo Larco

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Lambayeque ceremonial vessels, Imperial Epoch (1300 AD - 1532 AD), Ceremonial Vessels exhibit, Museo Larco, Lima, Peru, 2024.
"On these vessels the face of a deity with feline fangs and winged eyes can clearl be seen when the piece is held upside down." - Museo Larco



Chimu ceremonial vessels, Imperial Epoch (1300 AD - 1532 AD), Ceremonial Vessels exhibit, Museo Larco, Lima, Peru, 2024.
"Set of vessels probably uses (sic) for communal drinking during ceremonies and festivities as a way of communing with the gods and ancestors." - Museo Larco



Chimu ceremonial bottles, Imperial Epoch (1300 AD - 1532 AD), Ceremonial Vessels exhibit, Museo Larco, Lima, Peru, 2024.
"Copper-silver alloy... raising and soldering." - Museo Larco



Chimu ceremonial cup, Imperial Epoch (1300 AD - 1532 AD),Ceremonial Vessels exhibit, Museo Larco, Lima, Peru, 2024.
"Cup made from a pyrography decorated gourd which forms the container and a carved wood feline which forms the handle.
The feline is inlaid with seashells and lapis lazuli and one of the feet has natural claws." - Museo Larco



Chimu ceremonial vessels with representations of human faces, Imperial Epoch (1300 AD - 1532 AD), Ceremonial Vessels exhibit, Museo Larco, Lima, Peru, 2024.
"Silver and gold...raising, sinking, overlapping and repousse." - Museo Larco



Chimu wooden sculpture, Fusion Epoch (800 AD - 1300 AD), Ceremonial Vessels exhibit, Museo Larco, Lima, Peru, 2024.
"Wooden sculpture representing an individual holding a ceremonial cup.
Carvings like this were arranged around the main squares of Chimu palaces and they represented the ancestors of that society." - Museo Larco




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