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   ocr: 33 RovalLlama oftheInkan - A à AT ITS HEIGHT THE INKA EMPIRE DOMINATED THE entire Andean region of South America. While some of the Inka's remarkable feats of large-scale construction remain, such as Machu Picchu, most Inka goldwork and silverwork was melted down by the conquista- dors, who used it to enrich the treasury of Spain. This silver llama figurine is a rare example of Inka metalwork. Approximately five hundred years old, it is from the Island of the Sun, in Lake liticaca, Bolivia. Every morning, an Inka priest presided over the sacrifice of a live llama at the Temple of the Sun. We b ...