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La couleur noire de cette bizarre céramique carrée est caractéristique du style Chimú tardif - transition Tallan du Nord péruvien (1470-1532). Elle représente deux colicas, des «magasins» à grains (hauteur: 22 centimètres). (Museo arqueologico Brüning, Lambayeque, Pérou.)

Double vase with monkeys - height 16 cm - Inca Norteño - Museo Brüning Lambayeque - 1976

Inca Lambayeque ceramics – man, 23 cm high - Museo Brüning Lambayeque - 1976

Inca norteño - cat with open mouth - height 19.5 cm - Museo Brüning Lambayeque - 1976

Inca Norteño - Black ceramic - length 26 cm - Museo Brüning Lambayeque - 1976

Glossy black ceramic - Head - height 29 cm - Chimú-Inca - Museo Brüning Lambayeque - 1976

Ceramic - Snake with decorations - length 39 cm - Inca norteño - Pacha type for water worship - Brüning Lambayeque Museum - 1976

Black ceramic - Chicha charger - Chimú-Inca - Origin Lambayeque Region - Brüning Lambayeque Museum - 1976

Huaco with truncheon (star to hunt) - Chimú-Inca - height 17 cm - Brüning Lambayeque Museum - 1976

Jar - Tallán to Inca transition - 1470 to 1532 - Late Chimú - height 25 cm - Brüning Lambayeque Museum - 1976

Musicians - Inca Norteño - weight 3 g each, height 33 mm - silver, copper and gold alloy - 15th century - Brüning Lambayeque Museum - 1976

Aríbalo with tassels - Inca Norteño - height 19 cm - Museo Brüning Lambayeque - 1976

Black, shiny ceramics of the Chimú-Inca culture - height 29 cm - Museo Arqueológico Brünning - Lambayeque - 1976

Chimú-Lambayeque Culture - XII. Century - Diameter: 10 cm - Weight 25 g - Burial figure dressed with an ornamental skirt and a burial mask on the face - consists of equal parts of gold, silver and copper - cast and hammered - Museo Arqueológico Brünning - Lambayeque - 1976

Chimú breast jewellery - with 166 faces, silver figures - Origin: Lambayeque - Archaeological Museum Brünning - Lambayeque - 1976

Gold and silver cast brooch of the Chimú Lambayeque culture - hammered and embossed work - with shells and earrings in turquoise - 12th century - Height 4.5 cm, weight 7 g - Museo Arqueológico Brünning - Lambayeque - 1976

A golden figurine known as the ‘Ídolo de Frías’ – so named because it is crafted in the Frías style – but which is attributed to the Vicús culture on the northern Peruvian coast. It was hammered and soldered from 16-carat gold (height 15.5 cm, weight 60 g). Brüning Archaeological Museum, Lambayeque, Peru. - Book: Picture 64 - Peru - 1977

Copper death mask from the Chimú culture, Peru (height 22 cm). The Chimú were regarded as the most outstanding gold and silversmiths of the pre-Inca and Inca periods. Following the subjugation of the Chimú, the Incas brought the finest artists to Cuzco. Museo Arqueológico Brüning, Lambayeque, Peru. - Book: Picture 72 - Peru - 1977

Ceramic statue of Naymlaps, the mythical founder of the Chimú Empire (height 18 cm). Brüning Archaeological Museum, Lambayeque, Peru. - Book: Picture 49 - Peru - 1976

A huaco, or stirrup-shaped vessel, from the coastal Chavín culture, Chiclayo Valley, Peru (height 23 cm). A chameleon or cat-like creature in the black pottery characteristic of Chavín. Brüning Archaeological Museum, Lambayeque, Peru. - Book: Picture 65 - Peru - 1976

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