MAAM Salta
The highlight of the Museo de Arqueología de Alta Montaña are the mummies of three children, sacrificed in the Inca period on the Llullaillaco volcano (6739 m), with over 100 burial offerings.
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The 7-year-old boy's legs, crossed in front of his torso, were tied with a rope, probably to better carry him in case he actually died before reaching the summit. A white feather crest on his head bent forward is held by a natural-colored wool ribbon wrapped several times. His hair is cut short at his neck. On his feet he has leather moccasins. Both arms hang down the body. The right forearm is adorned with a silver bracelet. The boy wears a tunic made of the red dyed wool of a llama or other camelid. He was sitting on a folded tunic or uncu (knee-length garment). A woven red and brown cloak was wrapped around the head and torso as an outer covering for the bundle of the dead.
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The highlight of the Museo de Arqueología de Alta Montaña are the mummies of three children, sacrificed in the Inca period on the Llullaillaco volcano (6739 m), with over 100 burial offerings.