Gold and the Incas

PARACAS culture South coast 700 BC – 200 AD
Mantle with mythical figures 100 BC - 200 AD wool Photograph: Daniel Giannoni Ministerio de Cultura del Perú: Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Antropología e Historia del Perú,

PARACAS culture South coast 700 BC – 200 AD
Mantle with flying figures 100 BC - 200 AD wool and cotton Photograph: Daniel Giannoni Ministerio de Cultura del Perú: Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Antropología e Historia del Perú,

VICÚS culture North coast 100 BC – 400 AD
Crown 100 BC - 400 AD gold and copper Photograph: Daniel Giannoni Museo Oro del Perú, Lima

VICÚS culture North coast 100 BC – 400 AD
Bracelet 100 BC - 400 AD gold Photograph: Daniel Giannoni Museo Larco, Lima

VICÚS culture North coast 100 BC – 400 AD
Bracelet 100 BC - 400 AD gold Photograph: Daniel Giannoni Museo Oro del Perú, Lima

VICÚS culture North coast 100 BC – 400 AD
Nose ornament 100 BC - 400 AD gold and copper Photograph: Daniel Giannoni Museo Oro del Perú, Lima

CHIMÚ culture North 1100 – 1470 AD
Nose ornament 1100-1470 AD silver Photograph: Daniel Giannoni Museo Larco, Lima

CHIMÚ culture North 1100 – 1470 AD
Pectoral 1100-1470 AD sliver Photograph: Daniel Giannoni Museo Larco, Lima

CHIMÚ culture North 1100 – 1470 AD
Crown ornament 1100-1470 AD silver and copper Photograph: Daniel Giannoni Museo Larco, Lima

CHIMÚ culture North 1100 – 1470 AD
Bracelet 1100-1470 AD silver Photograph: Daniel Giannoni Museo Larco, Lima

CHIMÚ culture North 1100 – 1470 AD
Crown 1100-1470 AD silver and copper Photograph: Daniel Giannoni Museo Larco, Lima

SICÁN-LAMBAYEQUE culture North coast 750 – 1375 AD
Vessel with bridge and double spouts 750-1375 AD gold Photograph: Daniel Giannoni Museo Oro del Perú, Lima

SICÁN-LAMBAYEQUE culture North coast 750 – 1375 AD
Tumi [Sacrifical knife] 750-1375 AD gold, silver, chrysocolla, turquiose, lapis lazuli, spondylus Photograph: Daniel Giannoni Museo Oro del Perú, Lima

SICÁN-LAMBAYEQUE culture North coast 750 – 1375 AD
Crown 750-1375 AD gold Photograph: Daniel Giannoni Museo Oro del Perú, Lima

SICÁN-LAMBAYEQUE culture North coast 750 – 1375 AD
Hands 900–1100 AD gold, silver, copper Purchased 1978 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra NGA 1978.622.A-B

SICÁN-LAMBAYEQUE culture North coast 750 – 1375 AD
Beaker 900–1100 AD gold Gift of American Friends of the National Gallery of Australia, Inc., New York, NY, USA, made possible with the generous support of Nora Wise in memory of her husband John Wise 1986 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra NGA 1986.698

SICÁN-LAMBAYEQUE culture North coast 750 – 1375 AD
Mask 900–1100 AD gold, silver, copper, cinnabar Purchased 1980 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra NGA 1980.2694

SICÁN-LAMBAYEQUE culture North coast 750 – 1375 AD
Crown ornament 900-1100 AD gold Photograph: Daniel Giannoni Ministerio de Cultura del Perú: Museo Nacional Sicán, Ferreñafe

SICÁN-LAMBAYEQUE culture North coast 750 – 1375 AD
Banner decoration 900-1100 AD gold Photograph: Daniel Giannoni Ministerio de Cultura del Perú: Museo Nacional Sicán, Ferreñafe

SICÁN-LAMBAYEQUE culture North coast 750 – 1375 AD
Crown ornament 900-1100 AD gold Photograph: Daniel Giannoni Ministerio de Cultura del Perú: Museo Nacional Sicán, Ferreñafe

SICÁN-LAMBAYEQUE culture North coast 750 – 1375 AD
Crown 900-1100 AD gold Photograph: Daniel Giannoni Ministerio de Cultura del Perú: Museo Nacional Sicán, Ferreñafe

SICÁN-LAMBAYEQUE culture North coast 750 – 1375 AD
Pair of calf guards 900-1100 AD gold Photograph: Daniel Giannoni Museo Nacional Sicán, Ferreñafe

SICÁN-LAMBAYEQUE culture North coast 750 – 1375 AD
Ceremonial breastplate 900-1100 AD gold and copper Photograph: Daniel Giannoni Ministerio de Cultura del Perú: Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Antropología e Historia del Perú,

Gallery title Burial Practices