travel south america peru lima pueblo libre district museo larco sacrifice ceremony exhibit


The Sacrifice Ceremony exhibit is found in Room 7...
"The most important ceremonies in the societies of ancient Peru were associated with fertility, sacrifice and the cult of the dead. In each of these three cases, the offering and exchange of fluids was central, and therefore containers for liquids were of particular importance." - Museo Larco

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Other Mochica Sacrifices, Flourescent Epoch (1 AD - 800 AD), Sacrifice Ceremony exhibit, Museo Larco, Lima, Peru, 2024.
"Mochica art illustrates other ways in which defeated warriors were sacrificed.
Some ceremonies occurred on islands, with the warriors trasported on rafts.
Another type of sacrifice took place in the mountains, and the warriors were thrown off a precipice..." - Museo Larco



Mochica Clubs, Flourescent Epoch (1 AD - 800 AD), Sacrifice Ceremony exhibit, Museo Larco, Lima, Peru, 2024.
"Wooden clubs used in ritual combat. Their provenance is Huancaco, a Mochica site in the Viru valley." - Museo Larco



Mochica sacrifice figures, Sacrifice Ceremony exhibit, Museo Larco, Lima, Peru, 2024.


    
Mochica God with Owl Headdress (left) and Anthropomorphic Iguana (right), Flourescent Epoch (1 AD - 800 AD), Sacrifice Ceremony exhibit, Museo Larco, Lima, Peru, 2024.


    
Mochica Bundle of Weapons and Clothing belonging to a defeated warrior (left) and Defeated Warrior (right), Flourescent Epoch (1 AD - 800 AD),Sacrifice Ceremony exhibit, Museo Larco, Lima, Peru, 2024.


    
Mochica Moon Goddess (left) and The Victor symbolized by the feline attacks the defeated Warrior (right), Flourescent Epoch (1 AD - 800 AD), Sacrifice Ceremony exhibit, Museo Larco, Lima, Peru, 2024.




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