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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  206 Culture:  Nasca Description:  effigy vessel, ID number missing, Museo Larco Herrera, Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 4 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Killer Whale Mythical Being depicted with killer whale body, human arms and human legs. Killer whale body depicted with trophy heads enclosed. A loincloth indicates clothing. The Killer Whale Mythical Being holds a trophy head and a knife with obsidian blade. Not identical to Feline Killer Whale.

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  207 Culture:  Nasca Description:  cup bowl, ID number missing, Ethnologisches Museum Berlin. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Killer Whale Mythical Being depicted with killer whale body, human body, human arms (indicated by sleeves) and human legs. Killer whale body depicted with drops of blood enclosed.

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  208 Culture:  Nasca Description:  effigy vessel, ID number missing, Museo De La Nacion, Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 7 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Killer Whale Mythical Being as motif on the walls of a temple/palace like structure. It is depicted with killer whale body, human body, human arms, and human legs. Killer whale body depicted with Round Faces enclosed. Association with Principal Pair (Ancestral Pair). Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 175

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  209 Culture:  Nasca Description:  vase, ID number missing, location unknown. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Killer Whale Mythical Being depicted with killer whale body and human body. Harpoons attached to the upper and lower jaw. Killer whale body depicted with capsicum pepper (ají) enclosed. Association with Lima Interlocking motif that appears in the upper panel. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 207, 208

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  210 Culture:  Nasca Description:  tomb 128, Los Médanos, Kopara double-spout-and-bridge bottle, sp. 1/1737, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 7 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Killer Whale Mythical Being depicted with killer whale body, human body (indicated by tunic and loincloth), human arms, and human legs. Killer whale body depicted with capsicum pepper (ají) enclosed. The Killer Whale Mythical Being holds capsicum pepper (ají) and a jagged ray.

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  211 Culture:  Nasca Description:  effigy vessel, ID number missing, Göteborg Ethnografiska Museet. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 7 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Killer Whale Mythical Being as motif on the tunic of a (shouting?) nobleman. It is depicted with killer whale body and human arms. A striped tunic indicates a human torso. Hair hanks are attached to the border of the killer whale body associating the creature with war and harvest. It is surrounded by fishes indicating water. Patricia Lyon (1978:126) argued that the Killer Whale Mythical Being was not really meant to represent the killer whale per se but a "supernatural being who has in its charge all water creatures and who is in a position to provide rich fishing to those who please it and destroy those who do not" ("Master" or "Mistress" of Fishes). Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 206, 207, 208, 209, 210

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  212 Culture:  Nasca Description:  drum, ID number missing, Banco Central de Reserva, Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 7 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Killer Whale Mythical Being (grey) and Wari Stinger Animal (?) (yellow). They are surrounded by banded spears, carrying cords, and loincloths indicating a battlefield. The Wari Stinger Animal is depicted with feline head (?), squared jaws, killer whale (?) body, jaguar forelegs, and human legs. Killer whale body of the Wari Stinger Animal depicted with fishes enclosed. A stinger/tail is attached to the bifurcated tail. Two trophy heads are grasped by the Wari Stinger Animal.

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