Oro y joyas en el antiguo Perú
Subtitle: Museo Larco
By: [introduction by Paloma Carcedo de Mufarech].
Contributors: Carcedo de Mufarech, Paloma.; Museo Arqueológico Rafael Larco Herrera.
Publisher: ECO Editores
Published: 2005
Place of publication: [Perú]
Language: spa; eng
Number of pages: 94
Subjects: Larco Hoyle, Rafael -- Ethnological collections.; Indian goldwork -- Peru.; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Peru.; Peru -- Antiquities.; Peru -- History -- To 1548.
Description: The book presents a selection of the splendid collection of gold and silver archeological artifacts gathered by Rafael Larco Hoyle: various ritual and magic objects of the Vicus, Mochica and Chimu cultures that include crowns, pendants, ear and nose ornaments, necklaces, vases, rattles and armory parts and that have become a material legacy of the ancient artisans skilled goldsmith and silversmith techniques.
Notes: Text in Spanish and English.