Journée des Métiers d'Art 2019

Chimu attire in gold. Collection of the Museo Larco in Lima, Peru.

As part of the exhibition "From the Mochicas to the Incas – Archaeological Peru and the European Days of Arts and Crafts 2019 , the Archaeological Museum of Val d'Oise pays tribute to the goldsmiths of ancient Peru by revealing all the richness of a past and present jewelry art.

On this occasion, the Val d'Oise Archaeological Museum is organizing a meeting with Carole Fraresso, a specialist in pre-Columbian goldsmithing and founder of the Maison Motché , around a conference-discussion on the singularity of Andean jewelry and its evolution over 3,000 years.

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Sunday April 7, 2019

2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.

DISCUSSION | “A jewel, a story”

from 4:45 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

CONFERENCE | “The Jewelers of the Gods of Ancient Peru”

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Archaeological Museum of Val d'Oise Place du Château 95450 Guiry-en-Vexin

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