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Gold ornaments from the graves of the Incas of Peru - coil of gold worn as a belt or head-band, 1883 Creator: Unknown.

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Gold ornaments from the graves of the Incas of Peru - coil of gold worn as a belt or head-band, 1883. Item from '...a very interesting and unique collection of gold ornaments from the "Huacas" or graves of the Incas of Peru. They were obtained by Senor Don Leocadio Maria Arango, of Medellin, during a residence of thirty years in that country, but have now passed into the collection of Lady Brassey... Gold, in the figurative language of the people, was the substance of "the tears wept by the Sun."...Fig. 2 represents a flat coil of gold used as a belt or huaracu during a certain festival called Umu-Raymi, when it was presented to some noble for performing feats of arms. It was also used as an emblem of royalty, and was bound round the head of any consort of the Kings of the Incas'. From "Illustrated London News", 1883.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM25A50_119

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

6,8Mo (203,9Ko) / 13,8cm x 12,4cm / 1630 x 1466 (300dpi)

Mots clés

South America arts country metal art continent British death tomb gold mausoleum South American location century burial Britain newspapers press Peru Peruvian print artefacts artefact concept INCA artifacts artifact headband B&W engraved engraving 19th century black & white black and white B W Incan nineteenth century Pre-Columbian The Print Collector burial goods grave goods Illustrated London News preColombian Pre-Colombian preColumbian wood engraving ILN newspaper Unknown Brassey Lady Anna Annie 19th-century The Illustrated London News Anna Brassey Anna Allnutt Allnutt Lady Brassey Baroness Brassey Annie Brassey Leocadio Mar?a Arango Uribe Uribe Leocadio Mar?a Arango Leocadio Maria Arango Uribe Leocadio Maria Arango