Incagold: 3000 Years of Advanced Civilisations - Masterpieces from Peru's Larco Museum

by Ramiro Salas Bravo and Meinrad Maria Grewenig

For the Incas, gold had an ideal meaning and took on value only after being transformed into a symbolic shape. The jewelry was used as a mediator between the world of humans and the world of the gods.This richly illustrated book, which appeared on the occasion of the special exhibition of the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Monument V?lklinger H?tte, presents about 120 masterpieces from the Larco Museum in Peru: gold objects, crowns, headdresses, ear...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3936636494
• ISBN13: 9783936636499
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Kehrer Verlag
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 3.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.5" x 11.0"