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Site:  Nasca
Clados Number:  293
Culture:  Nasca
Description:  double spout bottle, ID number missing, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima.
Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5 Phase.
Iconographic Features:  Rayed Face with Trident Crown and Upturned Mouth Mask (Proulx 2007, 111) consisting of a feline face. It wears a large mouth mask with upturned lateral elements and a three-segmented forehead ornament. It devours a human of which only the part from the waist down to the feet is shown. On the left a serpent appears. Interpretation of Rayed Face with Upturned Mouth Mask as celestial body.

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Site:  Nasca
Clados Number:  294
Culture:  Nasca
Description:  vase, C-11495, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima.
Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5 Phase.
Iconographic Features:  Rayed Face with Trident Crown and Upturned Mouth Mask (Proulx 2007, 111) consisting of a feline face, two paws, two human arms, two legs of a camelid (llama, alpaca, guanaco, vicuña) and hair hanks attached to the face and forehead ornament. Interpretation as celestial body.
Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 293 

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Site:  Nasca
Clados Number:  295
Culture:  Nasca
Description:  vase, ID number missing, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima.
Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5 Phase.
Iconographic Features:  Rayed Face with Trident Crown and Upturned Mouth Mask (Proulx 2007, 111) consisting of a feline face and four paws. The representation on the right shows the being with feline face, two paws and two human arms. It holds hair hanks. Interpretation as celestial body. Association with tocapu-ish signs (boxes with a number of parallel black lines intersect at various angles with other segments to form a patterned network = water or sand?).
Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 293, 294 

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