Items

• Paracas textile; Necropolis period
• Indigenous Brazilian Artefacts (Tapajos?)

  Belem - Tapajo
• Indigenous Brazilian Artefacts (Tapajos?)

  Belem - Tapajo
• Indigenous Brazilian Vessels (Tapajos?)

  Belem - Tapajo
• Paracas textile
• Anonymous - "Last Supper"
• Anonymous - detail of "Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple"
• Anonymous - detail of "Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple"

  Arequipa
• Anonymous - detail of "Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple"

  Arequipa
• Anonymous - detail of "Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple"
• Sculpture from the Colonial Museum, Quito

  Colonial Museum, Quito
• Carved wooden objects from the Chimu Period

  Carved wooden objects, probably ceremonial staffs, Chimu period
• Feather manta from the Chimu Period

  Feather manta, Chimu period, detail of #1 to show detail of the feathers
• Feather manta from the Chimu Period

  Feather manta (robe) of tropical bird feathers, probably Chimu period, north coast Peru, 1250-1480
• Title Slide: "Peru, Preconquest Indian Cultures, Chiclin Collection"

  Peru, Preconquest Indian Cultures from the Rafael Larco Herrera Museum of Archaeology at Hacienda Chiclin, Trujillo
• Market. General view of women selling dyed wool.

  Market. General view of women selling dyed wool.
• Market. Detail of dyed wool section.

  Market. Detail of dyed wool section showing Indian women buying and selling wool.
• Child and skeins of wool.

  Details of child and skeins of wool.
• Market. Dyed wool section.

  Market. Dyed wool section (seen from above.)
• Market. Selling skeins of wool and woven woolen shawls.

  Market. Selling skeins of wool and woven woolen shawls.
• Market. Selling dyes for wool.

  Market. Selling dyes for wool.
• Market. Women selling baskets and grain.

  Market. Women selling baskets and grain. Each town around this valley has its own specialty.
• Market. Hat section - buying a hat.

  Market. Hat section - buying a hat.
• A dummy used by a vendor to entertain crowds and to sell patent medicine.

  A dummy used by a vendor to entertain crowds and to sell patent medicine.
• Market. Selling yard goods.

  Market. Selling yard goods.
• Market. Detail showing a child (right foreground) carrying a baby in a carrying cloth on her back.

  Market. Detail showing a child (right foreground) carrying a baby in a carrying cloth on her back.
• Market. Stalls of women's clothing.

  Market. Stalls of women's clothing.
• Market. Fiesta skirts for sale.

  Market. Fiesta skirts for sale.
• Ready made garment section of the market.

  Market. Ladies ready-to-wear section.
• Ready made garment section of the market.

  Market. Ready made garment section. The manufacture of cheap clothing made with a sewing machine is a specialty of some of the nearby towns.
• Mothers and Children at the market

  Mother and child in typical Central Sierra costumes. Note the broad brimmed felt hat and the wide striped carrying cloths.
• Street vendors

  Street Vendors in typical Mestiza costumes of the central Sierra.
• Market scene

  Market scene, note the mattress on burro in center foreground.
• The market from above

  Detail of the market showing people and stalls (from above)
• The market from above

  Detail of the market (seen from above).
• Another view of the market

  Another view of the market. Note that the entire length of the main street of the city is crowded with stalls. Produce from almost every part of Peru is sold in this market.
• General view of the Sunday Market

  General view of the Sunday market which is the largest market in the Andes
• Plaza in Huancayo

  Another view of the Plaza.
• Plaza in Huancayo

  Plaza in Huancayo as seen from the Hotel Tourista
• The town of Morococha

  The town of Morococha, a smelter town for the Cerro de Pasco copper mines.