Site: Nasca | Clados Number: 198 | Culture: Nasca | Description: vase, drawing after Rickenbach 1999, 278, 111. | Chronological Era: Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5 Phase. | Iconographic Features: Masked Mythical Being (Anthropomorphic Mythical Being) holding a club and forehead ornament in its right hand, with its left hand it is grasping (and devouring ?) a pepino plant. Snake body with pepino plants attached to its border and depicted with capsicum pepper (ají) enclosed. Association with guanaco hunt. | |
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