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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