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Site:  Nasca
Clados Number:  263
Culture:  Nasca
Description:  effigy vessel, C-59471, 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, human arms and legs. It holds maize and wears a conical hat and a collar made of pepinos. Maize and pepinos attached to the hat. Snakelike streamer emerges from the mouth, terminating in a feline head which in turn bifurcates into two branches, each containing warriors with clubs. Spotted facial painting, eye-markings in the shape of maize. Corn cobs replaced by trophy heads.
Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 262 

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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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Site:  Nasca
Clados Number:  296
Culture:  Nasca
Description:  vase, C-11409, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima.
Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5 Phase.
Iconographic Features:  very elaborated version of a Rayed Face with Trident Crown and Upturned Mouth Mask (Proulx 2007, 111) consisting of a feline face and two human arms. It is depicted with bloody mouth and surrounded by fishes. It holds two clubs (?) similar to those of Moche warriors. A seated warrior surrounded by spears (=battlefield) and another Rayed Face appears above. Interpretation of the Rayed Face with Trident Crown and Upturned Mouth Mask as celestial body.
Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 293, 294, 295 

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Site:  Nasca
Clados Number:  309
Culture:  Nasca
Description:  vase, C-52754, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima.
Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 7 Phase.
Iconographic Features:  portrait of a nobleman holding a sling. He wears a tunic decorated with Rayed Faces with "Snake Eyes" and One-Eyed Rayed Faces. Interpretation as celestial bodies.
Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 304, 305, 306, 307, 308 

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Site:  Nasca
Clados Number:  377
Culture:  Nasca
Description:  vase, ID number missing, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima.
Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 7 Phase.
Iconographic Features:  running (profile) warriors holding feather staffs and clubs. They are surrounded by (Rayed) Faces with "Snake Eyes", spears and parts of the equipment (tunics, loincloths) of the defeated warriors. A single head (with headdress) of one of the defeated warriors appears between the running (profile) warriors. The bottom of the vessel shows a rocky and mountainous terrain with cactus plants populated by foxes and guanacos.
Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 376 

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Site:  Nasca
Clados Number:  378
Culture:  Nasca
Description:  vase, 4-9094, Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology and Regents of the University of California, Berkeley.
Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 7 Phase.
Iconographic Features:  running (profile) warrior(s) holding feather staffs and spears. They are surrounded by (Rayed) Faces with "Snake Eyes" and spears. The bottom of the vessel shows a rocky and mountainous terrain with cactus plants.
Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 376, 377 

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