And those cobs "twins" is still hanging on the walls of houses to attract luck to the inhabitants. The exhibition starts with pictures and samples of fossilized seeds of maize domestication period, passing through a sample of Moche pottery and contemporary crafts allusive, among which a "mystery" Christmas where one of the Magi presented as offering one cobs kero maize and chicha. Draws attention to a beautiful altarpiece illustrating Tarpuy Sara (seed corn), conducted by the famous craftsman Ayacucho Claudio Jimenez Quispe, and reproductions of color illustrations, Guaman Poma de Ayala discovered by John himself in a private collection Ossio in Ireland.
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