Inca pottery
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Inca pottery
Inca pottery was largely a product of Inca conquests. In Cuzco the Incas brought together the cream of the empire's potters with a view of discovering their trade secrets and expanding production. The presence of two main streams can be detected in Inca pottery: the "Chimú" techniques with "Mochica" reminiscences as in the black ware made by the north-coast potters of Chanchán and Lambayeque.
A higher degree of Inca style is present in the second of the two streams in which the forms and motifs are typically Inca and the style quite distinct from any other. Traces of "Nazca" origins can be detected in the palette used by the potters in the development of a new form: the "aryballos". Used for transporting water, this large globular jar with a conical base which could be implanted in the ground, was carried on the back."
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