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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  189 Culture:  Nasca Description:  large chicha (?) ritual vessel, private collection, redrawn after Zarate, Morales 1983, colored by Clados after Culturas precolombinas: Nazca, Lima 1986. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 2/3 Phase. Iconographic Features:  complex iconographic scene depicting a mythical combat between supernatural beings and humans. A net surrounded by several supernatural beings (including BMB-4, Feline Hawk, Masked Mythical Being, Anthropomorphic Being with Jagged Tail) is depicted in the centre of the painting. The Masked Mythical Being (right of centre) is grasping the hair of a warrior (with two spears in his hand). Feline Man holding a fan appears at the upper right. To his right appears a human almost 'skeletonized', to his left a trophy head hanging on a carrying cord. To express the third dimension the supernatural beings are organized on three ground lines.

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  223 Culture:  Nasca Description:  bottle, MAR-037 (detail), Amano Museum, Lima. Chronological Era:  Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 7 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Nasca Killer Whale impersonator holding knife-like weapon and decapitating his victim. A killer whale bifurcated tail (grey) appears on his back. He wears a tunic, a loincloth, a mantle (jaguar pelt) and a headdress.

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  379 Culture:  Nasca Description:  step-fret effigy bottle, MAR-037, Amano Museum, Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 7 Phase. Iconographic Features:  A. decapitation scene. Three elaborately costumed warriors, two of them decapitate their victims by using an obsidian knife (?) (left) and a brass knuckle-like weapon (center bottom). Two of the warriors are dressed as (supernatural) birds (Crested Bird, Inca tern, condor?) (left and right), the third (center bottom) is dressed as Killer Whale Mythical Being/Feline Killer Whale. They are surrounded by (Rayed) Faces with "Snake Eyes" and parts of the equipment of the defeated warriors (headdress, spears). Blood is represented by (black!) spots. One of the defeated warriors (center bottom) wears a fox skin similar to the ones of Moche warriors. B. decapitation scene. Three elaborately costumed warriors, one of them decapitating his victim by using a brass knuckle-like weapon (right). Two of them carry trophy heads (left, bottom). All three are dressed as (supernatural) birds (egret, guanay cormorant?). The warrior on the right wears a Wari headdress. They are surrounded by (Rayed) Faces with "Snake Eye" and spears. Blood is represented by (black!) spots. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 223, 376, 377, 378, 380

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