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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  94 Culture:  Nasca Description:  double spout bottle and plate, ceramic, drawing after Ubbelohde-Doering 1926. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 4 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Feline Hawk Theme.

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  95 Culture:  Nasca Description:  ritual vessel, redrawn after Zarate 1982, colored by Clados. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Feline Hawk grasping the hair of a warrior with both hands. Warrior is holding a club. Feline Hawk is depicted in bird’s-eye view Beside the Horrible Bird Feline Hawk belongs to the most important bird creatures in Nasca iconography.

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  110 Culture:  Nasca Description:  effigy vessel, redrawn after Anders 1984, 46; colored by Clados, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 4/5 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Feline Hawk holding trophy head with both hands. It is depicted in bird’s-eye view.

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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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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  282 Culture:  Nasca Description:  bottle, C-60353, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Feline Face consisting of a feline head and three arms. It holds two bloody clubs, jagged rays and a trophy head. On its right a Surrounded Head (Proulx 2007, 112) appears. Association with ducks and tocapu-ish motifs. Interpretation of both supernatural beings as celestial bodies. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 231, 232, 234, 260, 281

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  283 Culture:  Nasca Description:  bottle, C-35951, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Feline Face or (Standing) Anthropomorphic Mythical Being consisting of a feline head and two arms. It holds two trophy heads and a serpent. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 260, 281, 282, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  285 Culture:  Nasca Description:  double spout bottle, C-09348, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 4 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Feline Face consisting of a feline head, two arms and three serpents which are attached to the head. It holds a trophy head and a human holding a club. His torso reveals sets of ribs indicating starvation. On the right Feline Hawk appears whose wings are covered with trophy heads. Interpretation of Feline Face as celestial body. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 94, 95, 110, 260, 281, 282, 283, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  286 Culture:  Nasca Description:  double spout bottle, C-09668, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 4 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Feline Face consisting of a feline head, three (!) arms and the upper part of a human body. Arms depicted with stars enclosed. Snakelike streamer (= extended tongue) emerges from the mouth, terminating in a feline head which in turn bifurcates into two serpents, the left one terminating in Horrible Bird, the right one terminating in Feline Hawk. Feline Face holds a trophy head and a human whose torso reveals sets of ribs indicating starvation. Headdress may represent the rainbow. Black-painted background may indicate the night. Interpretation as celestial body. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 94, 95, 110, 103-106, 260, 281, 282, 283, 285, 287, 288, 289, 290

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  287 Culture:  Nasca Description:  bowl, ID number missing, Museo Regional de Ica. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 4 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Feline Face consisting of a feline head, two human arms and two human legs. Arms depicted with stars enclosed. Snakelike streamer (= extended tongue) emerges from the mouth, terminating in a feline head which in turn bifurcates into two serpents, the left one terminating in Horrible Bird, the right one terminating in Feline Hawk. Feline Face holds two trophy heads. Headdress may represent the rainbow. Black-painted background may indicate the night. Interpretation as celestial body. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 94, 95, 110, 103-106, 260, 281, 282, 283, 285, 286, 288, 289, 290

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  288 Culture:  Nasca Description:  cup bowl, ID number missing, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Feline Face consisting of a feline head and two human arms. It holds clubs, spears and forehead ornaments. Snakelike streamer (= extended tongue) emerges from the mouth, terminating in a circle depicted with Rayed Face enclosed. The circle in turn bifurcates into two bubble-like extrusions, each containing foxes. Fox legs attached to the extrusions (indicating moving forward?). Two rodents close to the head of Feline Face. Interpretation of Feline Face as celestial body. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 94, 95, 110, 103, 104, 105, 106, 260, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 289, 290.

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  289 Culture:  Nasca Description:  cup bowl, ID number missing, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Feline Face consisting of a feline head and one “snake arm”. Snakelike streamer (= extended tongue) emerges from the mouth, terminating in a trophy head with paws. A (San Pedro?) cactus indicates the desert environment or the loma region. Interpretation of Feline Face as celestial body. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 94, 95, 110, 103, 104, 105, 106, 260, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 290.

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  290 Culture:  Nasca Description:  bowl, C-32911, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Feline Face consisting of a feline head and one human arm. It holds a bloody club. Snakelike streamer (= extended tongue) emerges from the mouth, terminating in a feline head with “snake eyes”. Snakelike streamer depicted with enclosed pepinos. Feline Face is surrounded by pollywogs indicating water. Interpretation of Feline Face as celestial body. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 94, 95, 110, 103, 104, 105, 106, 260, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 289.

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