nov 19, 1440 - Maize Cobs
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Such a garden existed in the courtyard in one of the most important Inka temples, the Qorikancha, in the capital city of Cuzco. One of these beautiful metal objects is a gold-silver alloy corncob sculpture. It mimics the appearance of a ripe ear of corn breaking through its husk, still on the stalk but ready to be harvested.
individual kernels of corn protrude from the cob that is nestled in jagged metallic leaves
Plants and animals represented in the golden garden cannot grow and survive at every point in the empire, but only at specified altitudes. For example maize grows up to a mid-range altitude, and llamas graze at the highest points of the empire. The metallic maize cobs would have represented one of the most important imperial foodstuffs, used for making the chicha (maize beer) consumed at political feasts
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