Recent Intermediate Period
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Recent Intermediate Period (1000 - 1450 A.D.)
In the Recent Intermediate Period different states and regional dominions formed, which recovered previous cultural traditions. After the disintegration of the Wari empire, the cultural models, based on experience prior to the unifying phase, express themselves in a unique and differentiated way.
In the northern area the Chimú reign was consolidated, whereas to the south the power of the small Chincha Empire extended.
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Recent Intermediate Period (1000 - 1450 A.D.)
After the fall of the Wari the populations that were not subjugated were organised into small states that saw the re-affirmation of regionalism. Realms and dominions were formed that dominated well-defined geographical areas. |
The objects |
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Breastplate
Peru, Northern Coast, II Intermediate Period, Lambayeque-Chimú Culture, IX-XIV centuries A.D.. Embossed silver plate. 15x39 cm. Tumi-shaped breast plate (sacrificial knife) portraying three
anthropomorphic masks. The largest is in the centre, surmounted by the
two smaller ones. The edge of the breastplate has circle-work in
relief. The half-moon part has a linear zig-zag decoration. This is an
ornament to be worn over the tunic. The knife with the same shape was
used in the northern territories for sacrificial ceremonies. |
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CondorPerù, Northern Coast, II Intermediate Period, Lambayeque-Chimú Culture, IX-XIV centuries A.D. Golden plates crafted by beating, chiselling and embossing, welded to each other. 17x18.5 cm. Collection no. 7. The very representative zoomorphic pictures make a spherical necklace. The shoulder feathers are enclosed in a string of decorative items. The condor, for the coastal populations, is related to water and in fact comes down to the coast when it rains on the plateau, heralding the arrival of the torrential seasonal water. |
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EarringsPerù, Northern Coast, II Intermediate Period, Lambayeque Culture, IX-XIV centuries A.D.. Gold plate crafted by beating, chiselling, embossing and perforation 22x12 cm. Collection no. 2. The main part is made up of a plate decorated with a figure of a mythical person, holding two sceptres in his hands and wearing half-moon shaped headgear. The central discs are tied to half moon pendants each representing two serpents: from these other drop-pendants hang decorated by settings. |
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Male figurePeru, Central Coast, Chancay Culture, II Intermediate Period, X - XV centuries A.D. Slip-painted terracotta. 53x22 cm. Nude male dignitary, represented with geometrical decorations on the breast. The two-coloured face, brick-red and black, shows ornamentation using epithelial paint. A central strip with "cheurones" designs in the area of the sternum indicates the importance of the person. The position is praying or officiating: the mouth is open in the act of offering words or singing. Similar figures were found in the funeral furnishings of Chancay's tomb and accompanied the dead in his passage to the afterlife. |
Female figure
Peru, Central Coast, Chancay Culture, II Intermediate Period, X - XV centuries A.D. Slip-painted terracotta. 53x22 cm.
Nude female dignitary, represented with geometrical decorations on the breast and abdomen. The painted face shows ornamentation using epithelial paint. A belt with a zig-zag design in the area of the stomach indicates the personage’s exact details. The position is praying or officiating: the mouth is open in the act of offering words or singing. Similar figures were found in the funeral furnishings of Chancay's tomb and accompanied the dead in his passage to the afterlife.
