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Site:  Nasca
Clados Number:  245
Culture:  Nasca
Description:  cup bowl, C-11901, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima.
Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 4 Phase.
Iconographic Features:  Standing Anthropomorphic Mythical Being holding Feline Man and trophy head. Feline Man is depicted with showing ribs, a common convention to express starvation. Note that Feline Man is grasping the snake hair of the Standing Anthropomorphic Mythical Being, a gesture that clearly indicates fighting. The painting is outstanding because it shows a supernatural being grasped by its hair indicating it as defeated.
Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 80, 325, 327, 332, 333, 336, 337 

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