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• Product Code : 1840
• Size :
34.0 cm W x 34.0 cm H x 7.5 cm D (13¾” x 13¾” x 3”)
With Gift box: 38x37x8 cm (15”x14½”x3”)
• Weight :
2.76 lbs, 1.25 Kg
• Materials :
paper (paper mache), cement, chalk, gypsum, vinyl-based adhesive
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The culture created by the Wari people in the central mountains of what is presently known as Ayacucho, between the VIII and XI centuries AD, was based on the development of an intense commerce between the valleys of the coast and the highlands of the Collao plateau, from where they obtained mathematical and hydraulic knowledge from another great culture, Tiahuanaco.
The Wari were also eminent weavers; their textiles in which wefts of alpaca wool and vicuña were woven with woofs of cotton into complex designs of geometric abstraction are famous for their fineness and exquisite combination of color techniques and shapes. Wari ceramic art, on the other hand, was of a more realistic style. The classical expression of Wari art in stone and ceramic is somewhat static and solemn. The pigmentation applied by the Wari shows a great influence from the Nasca culture, from the coastal zone that is reached by crossing the Andes, with its great variety of vivid colors obtained from oxides and naturally colored soils. The Wari built the first empire in the Andes based on the power and degree of organization they had reached. The capital of the empire, the citadel called Wari, is not far from the current city of Ayacuho. The city was divided up into neighborhoods according to the specialization of its artisans, which shows that the production of utilitarian artifacts was widely organized and constituted one of the economic foundations of the empire.
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