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,
being HUACAYPATA, now known as the ·Plaza
de Armas, and CUSIPATA, or the Town Hall
Plaza, where were held the great f.e:stivals of
th~
Sun.
Sculpture, Painting, Ceramics and
Silver
Work
The sculpture
is
merely orna·mental, and
the matérials employed are stone, and to a
smal1
extent, wood.
In
the museums
1
are found wooden
obj ects, such as QQUEROS cups
f
or the drinking
of
ch~cha,
the Inca national drink. However,
stone was
the
material genera:lly used,
a.ndupori
i
t were chiseled notable works of art, principally
f
or domestic use.
Tli.e
painting
'fRS
al.sosim·ply
decorative, beiug employed
in
the ornamen"!
t.a:tion of
abj
ects
of
wood or
clay~
The develo men of ceramics was notable,
th
ere bein
n
infinite variety of specimens
of
aesthetic form for such practica! uses as drin–
king cups, water pitchers, platea, etc.
In silver work the progress was -also ap–
pr·eciable; also they made articles of gold and
copper, and f.etiches
f
or personal wear, su
ch
as
rihgs,
bracelets~
aniulets, etc.
Religion
For the anci
1
ent worshíp of the principal
gods, such as HUIRACOCHA, the Incas
subs-
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