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A symbol of power and prestige in ancient Peru, silver also held religious significance, its soft cool sheen symbolising the moon, a female deity. This beautiful book presents objects of silver - items of personal adornment, tomb offerings, and miniatures - from several Peruvian cultures that thrived along the coastal and highland regions of the Andes from the first millennium B.C. to the Spanish conquest of 1532-34. Excavated from the sites of such cultures as the Moche, the Lambayeque, the Chimu, and the Inka, these extremely rare and lovely objects of silver shed new light on a fascinating civilization. This book was published in conjunction with an exhibition held in the fall of 2000 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Heidi King is research associate in the Department of Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Luis Jaime Castillo Butters and Paloma Carcedo de Mufarech are both at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica, Lima, Peru.

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