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The Magnificent Craftsmanship of the Inca Goldsmiths & Metal-Workers
(and their ancestors)
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Two embossed plume-holders of solid gold from the Ica region in Peru. The relief designs appear to be depicting birds. Inca period. Height 7 cm.
Musée d'Ethnographie, Geneva.
An armlet in embossed solid gold, also from the Ica region in Peru. Inca period. Height 13 cm.
Musée d'Ethnographie, Geneva.
An elaborate gold and silver pendant from La Tolita, Ecuador. A number of different techniques have been combined here by Inca goldsmiths for an artistic result.
Museo del Banco Central, Quito, Ecuador.
This piece was once one of a pair of identical pendants from the Mochica goldsmiths in Peru. The three stages are hinged together by gold links and is made up of beads and figures of birds.
Museo Oro del Peru, Lima.
Puma skin, an example of Mochica gold-work from the Frias region in the far north of Peru The highly stylized head is modelled in the round, while the body, decorated with two-headed serpent motifs, forms a receptacle in which the coca-leaves used in shamanic rites were kept.
Museo Oro del Peru, Lima.
Female gold figurine from Cuzco area was found in a tomb at Paucar Tambo in 1934 and is one of a pair of female deities, the other one is silver.
Museo Regional de Cuzco.
A beautiful Inca style silver vase found near Quito, is decorated with heads alternating with flowers. Measures 18.5 cm in height.
Museo del Banco Central, Quito, Ecuador.
Silver goblet of Inca period, a product of the Chimu craftsmen. Height approx. 20 cm
Museo Oro del Peru.

This amazing head in hammered gold is from Batán Grande, Lambayeque on the northern coast of Peru. Some might think it looks like the head of a robot or a helmet even. Height is 13 cm and weighs 400 gr.
Museo del Banco Central de Reserva, Lima, Peru.

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designed by Jorge Ruiz - a native of Ecuador.
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