CERAMICS COLLECTION The collections housed in the Department of Ceramics number approximately 65,000 pieces among which are materials from scientific expeditions, donations and legal seizures. The first collections date from around 1906 and come from the work carried out by Max Uhle. Later the Peruvian government acquires the collection of Víctor Larco Herrera in 1924. From 1925 Julio C. Tello carried out archaeological expeditions over a substantial part of the national territory, managing to obtain collections of a scientific character which are presently housed in our Museum. The most ancient ceramic is from the Formative Period, which comes from the site of Kotosh. There is also cultural material from Chavín, Paracas, Pukara, Nazca, Moche, Lima, Tiwanaku, Wari, Lambayeque, Chincha, Chimú, Chancay, up through Inca presence.