{"id":81,"date":"2010-08-19T00:39:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-18T23:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/?p=81"},"modified":"2016-09-18T16:49:57","modified_gmt":"2016-09-18T15:49:57","slug":"peru-trip-3-trujillo-and-the-cassinelli-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/peru-trip-3-trujillo-and-the-cassinelli-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Peru Trip #3 – Trujillo and the Cassinelli Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Trujillo<\/a>Con-Air : Cameron Poe the honour-bound dominant dysfunctional male, somehow apposite here in Peru with its macho culture and all the crime and violence I have been warned about, where armed security men check bus passengers for weapons and video everyone’s face once all aboard, seated in our airline seats in this double-decker coach, watching the dubbed movie. I am grateful for the comfy seat on this 3hr drive, but listen to Anthony and the Johnsons, Rufus Wainwright, and Aqualung on shuffle on my iPhone – a much softer, more varied, more interesting selection of masculinities than those on Con-Air. <\/p>\n

\nSeeing a bit more of northern Peru, from the bus, I take a few random
\nphotos to try to capture the state of (un)development here. One thing I
\nwill say, however, despite all the warnings, all the security, etc etc –
\neveryone I have met here in northern Peru has been very friendly, very
\nhelpful, very warm. I know I’m in a bubble, chaperoned everywhere I go,
\nbut I haven’t sensed any threat at all.<\/p>\n

And so Trujillo! It’s a Spanish imperial town, in the centre at least,
\nand I am taken quickly around some of the grand houses they left behind,
\nand the ones built shortly after the start of the republic in the early
\n19th century. It is strange to see so much European architecture and
\nfurnishings here. But what I am really looking forward to today, and
\nwhich we quickly move on to, is the Cassinelli Museum. Signor
\nCassinelli, about 85yrs old now, is in the reception room, with his
\nyoung wife, when I get there, and personally greets me. He has been
\nbuying ceramics from the haqueros (the grave robbers) for decades, and
\nis well known and liked for saving these ceramics for Peru, rather than
\nletting them go abroad where they could never be seen. The basement
\nwhere a third of the collection is on view, is under a petrol station,
\nand it is dearly hoped that this private collection will one day get a
\nbetter building! His son is downstairs, guarding their treasure, as my
\nguide and I look around. I took a LOT of photographs – all on Flickr <\/a>
\n– but here are one or two to get a flavour. This is without doubt a
\nbigger and better collection than that at Larco Herrera, for all that it
\nis in such a tiny room in comparison.<\/p>\n

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\"One<\/p>\n

\nAt the end of my visit, I am honoured to have further (interpreted)
\nconversation with Signor Cassinelli, and even a picture with him. My
\nguide has made it clear to him how very much I was looking forward to
\nseeing his collection, and how with how much delight I have enjoyed it.
\nHe, in return, is honoured to have me visit him, all the way from
\nEngland.
\n<\/p>\n

\"Me<\/p>\n

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Con-Air : Cameron Poe the honour-bound dominant dysfunctional male, somehow apposite here in Peru with its macho culture and all the crime and violence I have been warned about, where armed security men check bus passengers for weapons and video everyone’s face once all aboard, seated in our airline seats in this double-decker coach, watching … Continue reading “Peru Trip #3 – Trujillo and the Cassinelli Museum”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archaeology","category-journeyman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":905,"href":"http:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions\/905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}