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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  238 Culture:  Nasca Description:  effigy vessel in the form of a recurved step-fret design, ID number missing, Amano Museum, Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 7 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Chained Heads (Proulx 2007) consisting of Anthropomorphic Mythical Being with Attached Jagged Staff (grey), Eyeless Rayed Face (light grey), two Rayed Faces (white, blue), and Rayed Feline Face (light blue). Their protruding tongues are used to link them together into a chain. Gesture of tongue-touching indicates fighting. Anthropomorphic Mythical Being with Attached Jagged Staff (grey) depicted with Rayed Feline Face head type, human body, human legs, and a jagged staff attached to the forehead ornament. Forehead ornament in the form of a Rayed Face. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 237

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  314 Culture:  Nasca Description:  bowl, ID number missing, location unknown. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Rayed Faces horizontally drawn. Protruding tongues are used to link them together ("Chained Heads"; Proulx 2007, 112). Interpretation as celestial bodies. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 312, 313

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  322 Culture:  Nasca Description:  bowl, ID number missing, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Rayed Feline Face and Rayed Face with Upturned Mouth Mask fighting each other. Gesture of tongue-touching indicates grasping and fighting. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 294, 295, 296, 297, 298

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