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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  260 Culture:  Nasca Description:  ceramic cup bowl, Nasca Valley, C-11931, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period 5 (EIP 5), Nasca 5 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Feline Face with four hands coming out of two sleeves. It is depicted in frontal view holding a club (left side). Extended tongue terminates in a feline head. Jagged chamber-like extrusions contain processions of men who are holding beakers. Beneath five men with beakers are portrayed surrounding a two large vessel (with corn beer (chicha)?). Beneath the sleeves of the main figure four men holding beakers appear.

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  281 Culture:  Nasca Description:  effigy vessel, C-12439, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Feline Face and Surrounded Head (Proulx 2007, 112) as motifs on the wall of an architectural structure. Feline Face consists of a feline head and three arms holding a club, a spear and a trophy head. Surrounded Head consists of a face framed by peppers. Interpretation of both supernatural beings as celestial bodies. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 260

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