To co-incide with the exhibition, the following books are published.

The Exhibition Book The Golden Crown and the Feather Gown

The book tells about the ancient cultures of South American Andes. The text is written by 18 experts and is based on the latest archaeological, anthropological, palaeontological, geological, geographical and biodiversitic studies. The writers are Finnish, Peruvian and American tops of their fields. The text, easy to read, and a magnificient colour photography open to the reader the world of the ancient high cultures of the Andes, whose captivating, mysterious and astonishing intellectual achievements make a lasting impression. The mighty empire of the Incas is remembered by many, but the Incas are only the tip of the iceberg. Their developed state was preceded by Tiwanaku, Chimú, Moche, Vicús, Sicán, Paracas, Pukará, Recuay, Chancay, Chavín and Nasca, which are all presented in the book. Many Finnish scientists have participated in studying this area and made significant scientific observations, innovations and findings.

Gold Crown and the Feather Mantel. Incas and their Predecessors - Three Millennia of Pre-Columbian Peru. Ed. Anneli Ilmonen, Jyrki K. Talvitie. Hämeen Kirjapaino Oy, Tampere 2001.  Tampere Art Museum Publication 94. ISBN 952-9549-62-8, ISSN 0782-3746
250 FIM

Also on show at the exhibition are:

  • a video about Cuzco

  • a multimedia dealing with Machu Picchu

  • series of slides.

Peru - Three Millennia of the Land of the
Andes

The book on Peru is a sturdy package, in which teachers and pupils interested in it can find information based on present-day research in the Finnish language. It wants to give a larger picture of Peru than its exotic details, a picture, where different phenomena of history and present-day have been linked to where they belong. The articles of the book present Peru´s nature, rich ancient cultures, the time of European colonial power and the present society. As a fashionable addition, there are also recipes, so that getting to know Peru is not only theoretical reasoning.
Publications of Tampere Art Museum; Friends of Tampere Art Museum Publications 3.

Catalogue of Works

The book contains a picture and descriptions of all of the 350 exhibits on display at the exhibition. There are also general descriptions of Peru´s ancient Indian cultures. Antti Korpisaari is responsible for the texts. 

Inkat ja heidän edeltäjänsä - Perun kolme vuosituhatta 4.2. - 29.7.2001. Näyttelyluettelo. Toim. Antti Korpisaari, Tapani Pennanen, Anneli Ilmonen. Hämeen Kirjapaino Oy. Tampere 2001. Tampereen taidemuseon julkaisuja 92, ISBN 952-9549-63-6, ISSN 0782-3746
100 FIM

In spring, Tampere Art Museum together with Tampere University (email: intoffice@uta.fi) and Tampere Art Society are arranging a studia generalia series of lectures dealing with life in ancient Peru.

Restaurants Tiiliholvi and Katupoika offer a theme menu, from which one can choose Peruvian dishes. Tiiliholvi is in Tampere and the address is Kauppakatu 10. Katupoika´s address is Aleksanterinkatu 20.

Among visitors to the exhibition, there will be a draw and the winner gets a trip to the Andes in South America by the travel agency Olympia. The trip is worth about 17 000 FIM!