Sujet

Gold ornaments from the graves of the Incas of Peru - ornament worn by Chiriqui Indians, 1883. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Gold ornaments from the graves of the Incas of Peru - ornament worn by Chiriqui Indians, 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. 6 [is] of a coppery coloured gold, and [was] worn by the Indians of the Chiriqui tribes, to the north or Cuzco. These tribes were known to each other and throughout the country by the animals they revered, in somewhat similar manner as England is now represented by the lion, Russia the bear, and France the eagle'. From "Illustrated London News", 1883.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM25A50_122

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

4,1Mo (174,3Ko) / 16,3cm x 6,4cm / 1921 x 752 (300dpi)

Mots clés

South America arts country metal art continent British death tomb gold ornament 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