Greetings!
Today, we almost made it to two good museums. We actually did get to two museums, but
one of them sucked. Don’t
believe a word of what is written on page 61 of the Footprint Handbook on Peru,
Bolivia &Ecuador, by Ben Box, and Robert and Daisy Kunstaetter. The Museo de la Nacion is a large waste
of time (and I’d say money if it wasn’t free). I hope someone got the number of the truck that packed up
all of its collection and left.
We did get to see a great parade out in front. Very well done dance numbers and
costumes.
Across town, the Museo Nacional de Antropologia,
Argueologia, and Historia is spectacular. A little hard to find, but once you’re there, you never want
to leave. I thought I understood
the span of design in this region’s pottery. But from 2628 BC to 1500 A.D., groups of coastal and
highland potters created almost every known vessel – decorated with every
animal and scene. A not just
carved into the side of the pot.
They integrated the animal or object into the pottery. And the technique
survived over two thousand years.
That’s amazing.
Most pottery schools last a couple hundred years, about the lives of
most civilizations. But one can’t
help but admire the quality and consistency of the pottery on display at the
Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Argueologia, and Historia in Lima Peru.
To see all of the photos taken today, click on Lima Museums
Gregory
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