A visit to the Larco museum in Lima

On my way back from Huaraz, I went to Lima again, and while I was there stopped in at the Larco museum.

The Larco museum is housed in an old mansion belonging to an early archeologist, and has beautiful tropical gardens around it.

There were a lot of pots on display, and the museum described how Incan people originally migrated from China. One of the symbols on the pots was particularly interesting, it depicted the Inca version of yin yang- which was to me an interesting reminder of how long cultural ideas can last.

The Larco museum.

This pot was decorated with the Incan symbol for yin yang.

The gallery featured some amazing gold and silver head jewellery and head dresses. Gold represented the sun and silver represented the moon. To the Incan people gold and silver had equal value. I was impressed by the size of the head dresses, it must have been quite something to see someone decked out in one of those!