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Rooms X, XI & XII: Tiwanaku Collection |
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These
three rooms exhibit an exceptional collection that comes from a burial
site discovered in the area near Pulacayo in southern Bolivia. It
possibly concerns members of a caravan, accompanied by llamas, which
were returning from San Pedro de Atacama making their way back to the
center of Tiwanaku. The extraordinary state of preservation of these
materials allows one to observe pieces that would, otherwise,
disintegrate in the exposed climate of Bolivia; hair, wood, basketry
and textiles.
Also among these there is a beautiful unku
(tunic) of fine vicuna wool decorated with an intricate design in an
array of beautifully preserved colors. The iconography, like the
techniques and other features, means that this collection can be dated
from around the 4th century AD - some 1,600 years ago.
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