Sujet

Gold ornaments from the graves of the Incas of Peru - altar-shrine of gold..., 1883. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Gold ornaments from the graves of the Incas of Peru - altar-shrine of gold, with figures of condors, and gods with head-gear representing the sun, 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. 3, of pure gold, represents an idol from the altar of a priest, which was devoted...to the deification of the condor, the king of the birds of prey of that region, and generally of the Andes. Above the birds are gods with headdresses, representing the Sun'. From "Illustrated London News", 1883.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM25A50_120

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

10,8Mo (873,8Ko) / 15,7cm x 17,2cm / 1849 x 2035 (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 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