The Spirit of Ancient Peru: Treasures from the Museo Arqueologico Rafael Larco Herrera

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A beautifully illustrated volume that presents more than a hundred and sixty works of art from Limas famed Larco collection the worlds largest private collection of pre-Hispanic Peruvian art. Spectacular ceramics textiles metalwork and sculpture from the Chavn Cupisnique Salinar Gallinazo Moche Parcas Nasca Lambayeque Huari Chim and Inca cultures are illustrated and described all with colour photographs. Some of the objects are remarkable for the skill of their craftmenship such as ornate gold and silver jewellery and headresses others intriguing for the beliefs they reveal such as an intricate Lambayeque textile featuring elaborate divine beings others are simply extraordinary for example mosiac earplugs!