As the use of metallurgy increased in Machu Picchu and its surrounding regions, the
production of ornaments and tools in bone diminished without completely having
disappeared. A finely carved pair of nearly identical birds with beaks touching
each other sits perched on the head of this polished tupu or shawl pin.
The interior space of the object's rectangular head includes six circle-dot
designs arranged in two horizontal rows. Beneath the pin's head is a neat
circular perforation that permitted a cord to be run through it for the purpose
of securing both the shawl and the tupu for practical and ornamental reasons.
About the show:
Yale University's Peabody Museum of Natural History once again exhibits Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas through August 27, 2006. More than 200 ceramic, bone, metal, stone, textile and wooden works of art and artifacts describe the culture of the Inca at Machu Picchu during the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. In the show's catalogue, curators Richard L. Burger and Lucy C. Salazar, supported by a superb team of scholars, demonstrate convincingly that the site functioned as a royal estate and summer retreat for the Inca elite from the empire's capital, Cuzco. Indeed, it was probably occupied for less than 100 years.
"Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas" is on view from September 11, 2005 through August 27, 2006 at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, 170 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8118 (Telephone: 203-432-5050; Website). The museum is open Monday to Saturday from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM and Sunday from 12:00 Noon to 5:00 PM. Admission to the museum is $7.00 for adults, $6.00 for senior citizens and $5.00 for children 3 to 18 years of age.
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From your Guide: Stan Parchin, Senior Correspondent for Museums and Special Exhibitions, is a specialist in ancient, late-medieval and Renaissance art and history, and a regular contributor to About Art History. You may read all of his Special Exhibition and Catalogue Reviews here.
About the show:
Yale University's Peabody Museum of Natural History once again exhibits Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas through August 27, 2006. More than 200 ceramic, bone, metal, stone, textile and wooden works of art and artifacts describe the culture of the Inca at Machu Picchu during the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. In the show's catalogue, curators Richard L. Burger and Lucy C. Salazar, supported by a superb team of scholars, demonstrate convincingly that the site functioned as a royal estate and summer retreat for the Inca elite from the empire's capital, Cuzco. Indeed, it was probably occupied for less than 100 years.
"Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas" is on view from September 11, 2005 through August 27, 2006 at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, 170 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8118 (Telephone: 203-432-5050; Website). The museum is open Monday to Saturday from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM and Sunday from 12:00 Noon to 5:00 PM. Admission to the museum is $7.00 for adults, $6.00 for senior citizens and $5.00 for children 3 to 18 years of age.
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From your Guide: Stan Parchin, Senior Correspondent for Museums and Special Exhibitions, is a specialist in ancient, late-medieval and Renaissance art and history, and a regular contributor to About Art History. You may read all of his Special Exhibition and Catalogue Reviews here.