An exhibition of
ROCÍO PONCE
Huaca Pucllana Site Museum - Municipality of Miraflores
PUCLLANA SITE MUSEUM
Pucllana is an archaeological site built between 450 and 650 AD, which has been restored for 43 years to preserve the pre-Columbian history of the Lima culture.
The Pucllana Site Museum, opened in 1984, houses a collection of cultural assets resulting from archaeological excavations carried out since 1981 by the Huaca Pucllana Research, Conservation and Enhancement Project, directed by Dr. Isabel Flores Espinoza until 2020, to whom we pay tribute with the Flores exhibition.
The Pucllana Site Museum, located in Miraflores, is one of the most visited cultural spaces in Lima by national and foreign tourists.
The Pucllana Site Museum preserves the Cultural Heritage of the Nation, investigates and safeguards a collection of cultural assets, continues to fulfill a valuable scientific mission through archaeological excavations, and educational through specialized guides and academic and general publications, in addition to housing an exhibition park of native fauna and flora species that bloom in the months of September and October of each year.
WARI BALES COVERED WITH LANTANAS
Interpretive drawing of a Wari bundle seen in cross section where the layer of lantana flowers ( lantana camara ) that covered the bodies can be seen.
Rocio Ponce
Wari bundle
2024
Acrylic and colored pencil on 180 g cardboard
42 x 30 cm
Detail of Lantana's work Rocio Ponce
The past, history and hills of Lima were intangible and tangible territories, present from the beginning of the exhibition project. Lima is a city with an extraordinary architectural cultural heritage associated with different historical periods with cultural developments in which diversity and exchange predominate. During the FLORES research, one of the most surprising findings we had was presented by the archaeologist, Micaela Álvarez Calmet, director of the Huaca Pucllana Site Museum and the archaeologist Gladys Paz Flores. The presence of flowers in the Wari bundles (800 - 900 AD). More than one character, women, men and children were covered with a thick layer of lantanas ( lantana camara ).
The artist Rocío Ponce pays tribute to the Wari men and women and, through them, to all those who preceded us and bequeathed knowledge about our biodiversity. The Wari used lantana flowers in their funeral rituals. This species is credited with astringent properties, its flowers and stems being used as anti-inflammatory and healing agents topically, among others.