The Museo de Arte Pre Colombino (Museum of Pre Columbian Art) is a wonderful surprise. The 450 objects on display are all superb examples of artistic design and craftsmanship during the period 1250 B.C. to 1532 A.D. I have no pictures of any of the gold and silver objects because they reflected the light too much, so please visit the museum’s website gallery to see some beautiful pieces of jewelry, cups, and other items.
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- Sculpted Bottle: Serpent with Feline Attributes. Cupisnique, Formative Period 1250 BC-1 AD
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- Sculpted Bottle: Depiction of beheaded man. Cupisnique, Formative Period, 1250 BC-1 AD
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- Bottle: Step Design. Salinar, Formative Period, 1250 BC-1 AD
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- Vessel, Viru, Formative Period
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- Ceremonial Funerary Mask. Vicus, Formative Period
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- Anthropomorphic Vessel. Viru, Formative Period
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- Wooden Sculpture. Chimu, Imperial Period, 1300-1532 AD
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- Feminine Figurine. Nasca, Classic Period, 1-800 AD
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- Bowl: Representation of Trophy Head. Nasca, Classic Period
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- Vase: Pictorial Design. Nasca, Apogee Epoch, 1-800 AD
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- Bowl: Nasca
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- Vessel: Pictorial Design of Mythical Being. Nasca, Classic Period
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- Moche bird?
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- Wooden staff: Bird’s head
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- Cacti. Mochica, Classic Period, 1-800 AD
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- Sculptured Bottle: Representation of a single individual. Mochica, Classic Period.
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- Sculptured Bottle: Anthropomorphic representation. Mochica, Classic Period.
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- Sculptured Bottle: Bird
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- Sculptured Bottle: Anthroporphic bird. Mochica, Classic Period.
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- Sculpted Vessel: Partial representation of camelid. Huari, Transitional Period, 800-1300 AD