A Virtual Tour of the NMNH: South America: Continent and Culture

Silver Crafted in the Andes

Silver Hunchback Figure


This silver hunchback figure seated on a llama was created between 1430-1532. It is representative of Incan metallurgy, which for three millennia had produced increasingly sophisticated works in silver, gold, copper, bronze, and platinum.


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