25 maio 1450 ano - Maize Cobs

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1440-1533 CE
Sheet metal/repousse, metal alloy
Inka
• Garden of mini llamas, corn, flowers and people made of gold and silver
• Gold-silver alloy corncob sculpture, mimics ripe ear of corn, ready to be harvested, induvidual kernels of corn protrude
• Hollow, delicate, life sized
• Inka visual expression incorperated more naturalistic forms in small scale
• Taken to Spain
• Compact version of cosmos controlled by Inka

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