La yunta, Bronze sculpture at Paseo de los Héroes Navales, Peru
La yunta is a 2.20 m tall bronze sculpture by Ismael Pozo Velit, installed in the Paseo de los Héroes Navales in Lima. It shows a farmer working the land with two yoked oxen and a plough, an indigenous motif. Successive reforms of the site left it without its pedestal.
The Chinese community gifted this bronze sculpture to Lima in 1937 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the city's Spanish foundation. The work represents an important historical connection between the city and the Chinese diaspora.
The sculpture represents traditional farming methods and the importance of oxen in rural Peru, serving as a tribute to agricultural labor. It stands as a reminder of practices that shaped the country's rural communities.
The sculpture is located at Paseo de los Héroes Navales and is freely accessible in the city center. It sits near other monuments and is easy to reach on foot.
The sculpture lost its pedestal through successive reforms of the Paseo de la República, where it was placed in 1937. On 24 April 2018 it was declared Cultural Heritage of Peru by the Ministry of Culture, together with the other sculptures of the Paseo de los Héroes Navales.
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