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Title
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Peruanos valde industrios esse aurifabros.
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Description
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A group of Inca men work with gold in a space that is both forge and workshop. In the middle of the room is a large round kiln or furnace with a fire burning on top, in which several pots have been placed. A group of men stand around the kiln, blowing on the fire through hollow reeds. In the foreground two men hammer a sheet of gold, and beside them at a table two men use fine engraving and carving tools to ad detail to gold statuettes and ornaments. On the left there is a second, similar worktable. On a recessed shelf along the far wall of the building are several finished pieces, including a large plate, several vessels and a small statue.
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Image Creator
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Theodor de Bry (Engraver);Theodor de Bry (Printer)
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Theodor de Bry (Engraver)
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Theodor de Bry (Printer)
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Identifier
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mta:23833
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Source Name
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Americae pars sexta. Sive Historiæ ab Hieronymo Be[n]zono Mediolane[n]se scriptæ, sectio tertia, res no[n] minus nobiles & admiratione plenas continens, quàm præcedentes duæ. In hacenim reperies, qua ratione Hispani opule[n]tisimas illas Peruani regni provincias occuparint, capto Rege Atabaliba: deinde orta inter ipsos Hispanos in eo regno civilia bella.
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Image
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Subject
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Indigenous peoples – Peru
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Incas
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Gold
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Goldsmiths
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Indigenous goldwork – South America
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Inca metal-work
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Inca sculpture
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Kilns
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Workshops
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