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.
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From your Guide: Stan Parchin, Senior Correspondent for Museums and Special Exhibitions, is a regular contributor to About Art History and the author of this feature. You may read all of his Special Exhibition and Catalogue Reviews here.
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.
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From your Guide: Stan Parchin, Senior Correspondent for Museums and Special Exhibitions, is a regular contributor to About Art History and the author of this feature. You may read all of his Special Exhibition and Catalogue Reviews here.
Images 1-10 of 10
- Overlooking Machu Picchu in 2004Image © 2004 Gina Carey; Used with permission.
- Hiram Bingham III at the Main Camp of Machu Picchu, September 1912Image © Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University; Used with permission
- Aryballos (Late Horizon, Inca, 1476-1534 A.D.)Image © Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University; Used with permission
- Face-Necked Jar (Late Horizon, Inca, 1476-1534 A.D.)Image © Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University; Used with permission
- Plate with Bird Handle (Late Horizon, Inca, 1476-1534 A.D.)Image © Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University; Used with permission
- Paccha Showing a Hand Grasping a Qero (Late Horizon, Provincial Inca)Image © Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University; Used with permission
- Shawl Pin with Triangular Decoration (Late Horizon, Inca, 1476-1534 A.D.)Image © Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University; Used with permission
- Crescent-Shaped Knife-Pendant with Curvilinear Adornment (Late Horizon)Image © Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University; Used with permission
- Shawl Pin (Late Horizon, Inca, 1476-1534 A.D.)Image © Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University; Used with permission
- Zoomorphic Effigy Bottle (Colonial, Late 16th Century A.D.)Image © Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University; Used with permission
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