| Site: Nasca | | Clados Number: 267 | | Culture: Nasca | | Description: effigy vessel, C-05025, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. | | Chronological Era: Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5 Phase. | | Iconographic Features: Late Effigy Harvester (Proulx 2007, 93) (?) depicted with human body, arms and human legs. It sits and holds roots (?), and wears a balloon-like hat, a trademark of Wari noblemen. Facial painting shows eye-markings in the shape of bird heads. Arms depicted with twisted serpents enclosed. Collar is made of small serpents and peppers. Hat is decorated with pepinos. Snakelike streamer (= extended tongue) emerges from the mouth, terminating in a feline head which in turn bifurcates into two branches, each containing processions of (dead?) warriors with clubs. Between the legs a procession of four (dead?) men appears. Harvester surrounded by maize. | | Related Themes: Click link to see related item(s) CL 262, 263 | |
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