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South America -
Peru
Inca
(TAWANTINSUYU - The
Four Kingdoms)
Gold & Metals Exhibit
1200 A.D. - 1532 A.D. |
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Inca Ornamental Objects
Ornamental gold and silver items
from the Inca Empire |
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A example of a fully dressed Inca royal or
nobleman |
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Mask
for the dead, gold
Ica Valley, Old Ica, Site T, Tomb Tc; Late Horizon
Hearst Museum Of Anthropology |
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Gold alloy disc armor
Museo Larco |
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Probable Inca Silver Clasp or
Pendant
National Museum Of Peru
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Silver alloy & gold llama
head beaker |
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Reverse Side Detail Of Above
Clasp |
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Gold and Silver alloy crowns
Museo Larco |
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Silver dimpled bowl
Museo Larco
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Inka Necklace
An Inka necklace of 13 hollow gold beads, each made of two hemispheres,
found in Cajamarca, Peru
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Inca Utility Objects
Ornamental Utility
Objects Of The Inca (Inka) Culture |
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Inca Silver Goblet / Bowl
National Museum Of Peru
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Tumbler, gold
Ica Valley, Old Ica, Site 1, Tomb Th1; Late Intermediate Period
Hearst Museum Of Anthropology
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Silver Inca Tweezers
Peabody Museum Collection
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Beaker, gold
Ica Valley, Old Ica, Site T, Tomb Th1; Late Intermediate Period
Hearst Museum Of Anthropology
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Silver tupus or needles |
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Kero Beakers Gold & Silver Alloy
Museo Larco |
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Silver tupus or needles |
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Silver Bowls
Museo Larco |
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Silver Spoon/Spatulas
Museo Larco |
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Gold Beaker - Peru, south coast, Ica valley
1500 Hammered gold h. 16.5 cm x w. 6.4 cm
Art Inst. of Chicago |
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Silver Alloy Bottle
Museo Larco |
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Gold Kero Beakers (Drinking Cups)
AMNH |
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Silver alloy Tupu
Peabody Museum |
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Inca silver face beaker, 13 ½ inches
high, circa A.D. 1300-1500
Private Collection |
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Inca silver face beakers,
circa A.D. 1300-1500
Private Collection
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Inca silver face beaker, 6 inches high,
circa A.D. 1300-1500 Private
Collection
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Inca silver face beaker, 11 ½ inches
high, circa A.D. 1300-1500
Private Collection |
The Four Kingdoms of the Inca Empire
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Inca Figurines
Ornamental
Figurines pre-columbian gold designs designs or motifs of the Inca (Inka) |
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Inca Silver Figurine
National Museum Of Peru |
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Inca Gold Figurine
National Museum Of Peru
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Inca
Figurines, A.D. 14401540
Hammered gold
H. 2" (5.2 cm), 2 1/4" (5.5 cm), 2" (5.2 cm)
Dumbarton Oaks Collection |
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Inca idol for offering |
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Inca idols for offering |
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Inca idols for offering |
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Male Figurine
Peru, Lambayeque Valley, Inka style (1400-1532) hammered gold Overall: 6.4cm
x 2.3cm x 1.5cmCleveland Museum of
Art |
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Agricultural Figurine
Peru, Inka style (1400-1532) cast silver Overall: 5cm x 1.4cm
Cleveland Museum of Art |
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Female Figurine |
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Inca gold offering figurine in full dress |
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Inca Silver offering figurine in full dress |
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Inka Figure
A hollow gold Inka figurine from Peru was probably used as an offering and
was originally wrapped in cloth.
AMNH
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Inca Silver offering figurine Silver alloy
Peabody Museum |
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Inca silver figures, circa A.D. 1450-1532, 5
7/8 inches high Private Collection
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Inca Animal Figurines
Zoomorphic pre-columbian Inca (Inka)
gold or precious metal designs depicting an animalistic shape or design |
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Gold & Silver Inca Llama figurines |
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Inca silver figurine of an alpaca,
AD 12001400
American Museum of Natural History |
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Inca Gold figurine of an alpaca,
AD 12001400 hammered gold Overall:
5.2cm x 4.2cm Cleveland Museum of
Art |
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Inca Gold figurine of an alpaca,
AD 12001400 |
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Inca silver figurine of an alpaca,
AD 12001400 |
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Inca silver figurine of an alpaca,
AD 12001400 |
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Inca silver figurine of an alpaca,
AD 12001400 from lake titicaca |
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Inca silver figurine of an alpaca,
AD 12001400 from with cloak
typical of the era American museum
of natural history New York
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Inca Gold Wild Boar Pendant Peabody Museum, Harvard |
Inca Ceremonial Tumi Knives
Ornamental
Tumi pre-columbian metal knives of the Inca (Inka) |
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Ornamental Knife (Tumi), 15th16th century - Peru; Inka - Tin
bronze; H. 6 3/4 in. (17 cm)
Metropolitan Museum |
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Bronze with copper and silver Ceremonial
Tumi Knife |
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Inca Weapons
Metal Weapons of the Inca (Inka) |
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Weapons: Star-shaped club
heads |
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Club
heads |
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Star-shaped club
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Star shaped Copper alloy Mace Head
Peabody Museum |
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Star shaped Copper alloy Mace Head
Peabody Museum |
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Bronze Inca Axe Blade
Peabody Museum |
Inca Metal Tools
Metal tools of the Inca (Inka)
culture |
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Inca Utilitarian Tumi Knife
Peabody Museum
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Inca Copper Chisel/Knife
Peabody Museum |
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Inca Copper Chisel/Knife in Wood Handle
Peabody Museum |
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Inca Copper alloy blade (hoe?)
Peabody Museum |
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Inca Copper alloy Tumi knife (possibly an
axe) Peabody Museum |
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Inca Copper alloy digging tool (hoe or
shovel blade?) Peabody Museum |
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Inca Scraping tool and Awl
Peabody Museum |
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Inca Utilitarian Tumi Knife (broken)
Peabody Museum
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Inca Small Copper Knife
Peabody Museum |
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Inca Copper alloy Axe
Peabody Museum |
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 A Brief Glossary Of Inca Terms |
 Aclla Huasi =
House of the chosen women.
Amaru = Serpent.
Ayllu = Social division, lineage.
Ayni = Mutuality, system of mutual services.
Borla = Insignia of the Inca's power.
Callanca = Room or house of cut stone.
Calpa = The force or power of the soul or body,
augury, divination.
Colca = Storehouse for keeping food or objects.
Co-regente = Heir to the Inca who shared some
responsibilities with him.
Coya = Queen, very high-ranking woman.
Curaca = Principal lord of a people.
Charqui = Meat preserved by salting and sun-drying.
Chasqui = Messenger, term used in Cuzco. Inca postal
service.
Guaranga = The number one thousand in the
organizational system, ideal number of a thousand households.
Hanan = Upper half.
Hurin = Lower half.
Huaca = or guaca. Temple of an idol or the idol
itself.
Hatun runa = Adult man, when a young man married and
entered the prime of life.
Huauque = A man's brother, also the Inca's double.
Mamacona = Girl chosen to work in the acllahuasi.
Mascapaycha = Tassel, insignia of the Inca.
Minka = System of work or fulfilling one's obligations
by substitution, based on previous agreement.
Mita = Time, turn, periodicity.
Mitimae = or mitmaq. Persons sent to a foreign place
to perform a state task. |
Mocha = Worship, revere, hispanified term based on
muchhani.
Moya = Chosen grazing lands.
Mullu = Seashells (Spondylus sp.) from warm waters
which were the special object of exchange and for offerings.
Pacarina = Place of origin.
Pachaca = Number one hundred in the organizational
system, an ideal number of one hundred households.
Panaca = The panaca was made up of all the descendants
of a monarch, excluding the son who succeeded him to power. A word
that comes from pana pani, sister, female cousin, brother's daughter
or parent's brother's daughter (D. de Santo Tomαs). A man's sister
or female first or second cousin, or from his home place or lineage
or an acquaintance (Gonzales Holguνn).
Purucaya = Burial ceremony.
Pururauca = Stones which turn into mythical warriors.
Quipu = Cords of different colors and knots which
serve to record objects and also historical events.
Quipucamayo = Person in charge of quipus.
Reciprocidad = Socioeconomic organizational system
which regulated the rendering of services at different levels and
served as a link in the production and distribution of goods.
Sapa inca = from sapa = Large. Chief Inca above the
rest.
Tambo = Tavern, inn. A
traveler's sanctuary or residence.
Tiana = Seat, insignia of nobles, stool.
Tupu = Measure of area or length, also the verb to
measure.
Ushnu = Small stone structure in the middle of main
plazas which served the Incas as a throne for Incas during certain
rites or ceremonies.
Yana = The servant or worker who serves.
Yunga = or yunca. The plains of the coast and also
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