Gold and silver jewels of Lord of Sipan, Old Lord of Sipan, and Chornancap priestess —belonging to Moche and Lambayeque cultures— are exhibited at the prestigious Metropolitan Museum of Art in the Big Apple.
It must be noted organizers took four years to gather some 300 pieces of art, which —rarely or never— could have been exhibited in the United States.
Thus, U.S. citizens and tourists from all over the world can now be amazed by the extraordinary pieces from diverse cultures of Ecuador, Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, and Peru.
Peruvian jewels
Some of them include ear spools, pectorals, coxal protectors, necklaces, gold and silver cups, among other ornaments.
Other Peruvian jewels exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art are Chavin Culture's crowns, funerary masks, and Sican ceremonial vessels.
About
The Lord of Sipan —dubbed King Tutankhamun of the Americas— is compared to the Egyptian mummies by
prominent Egyptologists.
The discovery marked archaeology's history in the Americas.
His tomb was uncovered in 1987 and has been exhibited at Royal Tombs of Sipan Museum in Peru's northern Lambayeque region.
This exhibition opened to the public on February 26 and will run thru May 28.
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