MrPots

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Andean pots enjoyer #LarcoMuseum

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Reviews

Valdivia culture
Valdivia culture

Wow… just so poignant. Out from the cradle of pottery endlessly rocking.

11/4/2026
Lima culture
Lima culture

An amazing fusion of Moche-like and Nazca-like pottery: sculptured pots and practical pots. You can’t tell me that pot with the dude and the dogs isn’t the best thing you’ve ever seen.

11/4/2026
Inca Empire
Inca Empire

Gorgeous, intricately designed geometric pots, a profoundly beautiful movement from more concrete images to abstract depictions and pure shapes. If a ballpoint pen was an Andean pot, it would for sure come from the Incan empire.

11/4/2026
Caral–Supe civilization
Caral–Supe civilization

Pre-ceramic = No pottery!!! Still, their statuettes reveal the kiln in their heart, meant for the pots.

11/4/2026
Wari culture
Wari culture

Hello handle spouts! Face pots are quite fun, especially how they protrude from the main vessel body. If I were to call one pre-Incan culture’s pottery “accessible”, it would be these guys.

11/4/2026
Nazca culture
Nazca culture

Pretty good pottery. Amazingly decorated pots, but leaves room to explore stylistically (see Moche culture). Still, the thick lines and flat designs really recall Keith Haring, which is shocking given the time difference. So cool! The double spouted pots are here, and they are awesome!

11/4/2026
Moche culture
Moche culture

Absolutely phenomenal pottery. Out of all things to make me laugh and full of delight in a museum its these folks.

11/4/2026