Visiting The Exhibition The Incas - Beyond An Empire

Hello friends of HIVE, this time I want to share with you my last weekend experience when I visited the Museo de Arte de Lima (MALI), as I told you in a previous post "In the Exhibition Park", the museum is located in the centre of the city of Lima where I currently live, the building was designed by Antonio Leonardi, this museum has collections of pre-Columbian, colonial, 19th and 20th century and contemporary art. For this occasion the MALI presents the exhibition: The Incas - Beyond an Empire, this an exhibition dedicated to exploring the history of the Incas, from their origins and the formation of the Tahuantinsuyo to the insertion of their descendants within a new colonial order.
As I entered the facilities of the place I was very excited because I really wanted to see the archaeological pieces that I had only seen in books or photographs. The truth is that I was amazed with everything because it reminded me of the Peruvian history classes I was given at school, seeing each object revived my amazement at how in those times their civilisation, art, administration and political system was advancing. The pots, vases, looms, etc. tell their own story as they are from different cultures that were part of the empire and very representative as: Tiahuanaco Culture, Vicus Culture, Chimu Culture, among others.

Here I share with you some pictures.

Getting closer to the Museum.

Frontage of the Lima Art Museum (MALI) 🏟

Lobby of the Museum.

Inca figures made of cardboard.

Map of Tahuantinsuyo.

The Inca.

Vessel in the form of a foot with sandal belonging to the Chimu Culture (ca. 1470 -1532).

Queros ceremonial cups.

Conopas in the form of naked man and woman with pierced ears (1400 -1532)

Camelid statuettes (1400 -1532)

Miniature of plumary headdress (1400 -1532)

Urpu with geometric designs belonging to the Chimu Culture (ca. 1470 -1532).

Huara decorated with designs of eight-pointed stars and intertwined birds on square panels.
Chuquibamba (ca. 1470- 1532)

Huaracas Inca.

Quipu (Quechua word for "knots") which were a system of registration, accounting and message sending of the Tahuantinsuyo.

Sketch for the mural "The rescue of Atahualpa".
Artist Camilo Blas (Cajamarca 1903 - Lima 1985)

Conical cap with geometric figures (1400-1532)

This kind of exhibitions make me feel more and more proud of my cultural roots and even more proud to see that foreign tourists were during the visit contemplating the pieces. It was gratifying to have visited the MALI and to have known a little more of the Inca Empire. I hope you liked this little review. Until next time take care.

The photos are my own.