''La yunta'', also known as ''El trabajo'' or ''Los bueyes'', is a

bronze Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids such ...

sculpture in the

Paseo de los Héroes Navales The Promenade of the Naval Heroes ( es, Paseo de los Héroes Navales) is a public park located in the Historic Centre of Lima, historic centre of Lima. It occupies the first block of the ''Vía Expresa Luis Fernán Bedoya Reyes, Paseo de la Repúb ...

, Lima, Peru.

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The sculpture represents the moment in which a farmer works the land with two yoked oxen and a

plough A plough or plow ( US; both ) is a farm tool for loosening or turning the soil before sowing seed or planting. Ploughs were traditionally drawn by oxen and horses, but in modern farms are drawn by tractors. A plough may have a wooden, iron or ...

. It is an indigenous motif that was commissioned by the Chinese colony in Peru, together with the sculpture ''

Las llamas ''Las llamas'' is a sculpture by Agustín Rivera Eyzaguirre located on the Paseo de los Héroes Navales in Lima, Peru. It was a gift from the Chinese colony in Peru for the fourth centenary of the Spanish foundation of Lima. Description The ...

'' by Agustín Rivera, as a gift to the city of Lima for the fourth centenary of the Spanish foundation of Lima. It was located on the

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in 1937, although successive reforms of the place made it lose the pedestal. On April 24, 2018, the sculptures of the Paseo de los Héroes Navales, including ''Las Llamas'', were declared the Cultural heritage of Peru by the Ministry of Culture.

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{{Landmarks in Lima Outdoor sculptures in Peru Cultural heritage of Peru Sculptures of cattle China–Peru relations Lima District Sculptures of men in Peru Bronze sculptures

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