travel south america peru lima pueblo libre district museo larco ritual warfare & music exhibit


The Ritual Warfare and Music section is located in room 9 of the Larco Museum next to the Death in Ancient Peru exhibit.
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Metal knives, or "tumis" [left](1 AD - 1532 AD), and Metal and Stone Club Heads [right](1250 BC - 800 AD), Ritual Warfare and Music exhibit, Museo Larco, Lima, Peru, 2024.
"Knives, or tumis, were represented in depictions of mythological scenes of combat as the weapons used by supernatural beings to decapitate their adversaries." "Clubs were the most commonly used offensive weapons of ancient Peru and they were empliyed during warfare and in ceremonies." - Museo Larco



Gilded Copper Shirt (1 AD - 800 AD), Ritual Warfare and Music exhibit, Museo Larco, Lima, Peru, 2024.
"Ceremonial shirts were important symbols of power and status.
The m ost elaborate examples featured plaqaues made from precious metals which would shine and rattle as the wearer moved.
These shirts were also used to clothe the rulers after death." - Museo Larco



Ceremonial Trumpet or Pututo and Whistles (1 AD - 1532 AD), Ritual Warfare and Music exhibit, Museo Larco, Lima, Peru, 2024.
"The tropical mollusk Strombus was used in the Andes as a ceremonial trumpet, and this type of instrument was known as a pututo.
The Strombus is a warm water seashell associated with the cycle of water.
Water originates in the sea and then returns to the earth as rainfall, and via rivers and canals it irrigates the land and causes plants to flourish.
Pututos, which produce a strong, deep sound, were playled by trumpeters in ceremonies associated with water." - Museo Larco


    
Musician Playing Panpipes, Flourescent Epoch (1 AD - 800 AD), Ritual Warfare and Music exhibit, Museo Larco, Lima, Peru, 2024.
"The so-called Indian flute, also known as panpipes, is a typical Andean musical instrument and to this day it forms one of the most important elements of Peruvian folkloric music." - Museo Larco




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