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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.
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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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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:  297
Culture:  Nasca
Description:  bowl, C-12203, 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 human legs and two legs of an animal. It is depicted with bloody mouth. Interpretation as celestial body.
Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 293, 294, 295, 296 

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Site:  Nasca
Clados Number:  298
Culture:  Nasca
Description:  double spout bottle, C-10116, 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 human legs and two human arms. Interpretation as celestial body.
Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 293, 294, 295, 296, 297 

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Site:  Nasca
Clados Number:  299
Culture:  Nasca
Description:  cup bowl, C-35475, 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) (mid) and two Surrounded Heads (Proulx 2007, 112). Rayed Face with Trident Crown and Upturned Mouth Mask consists of a feline face with extended bifurcated tongue in the shape of two serpents. Surrounded Heads consist of a feline face framed by two paws and peppers. Interpretation as celestial bodies. The painting is outstanding because of leaving the Surrounded Heads unpainted to contrast them against a painted Rayed Face with Trident Crown and Upturned Mouth Mask.
Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298 

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Site:  Nasca
Clados Number:  300
Culture:  Nasca
Description:  large bowl, ID number missing, Museo Regional de Ica.
Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 7 Phase.
Iconographic Features:  Rayed Face with Upturned Mouth Mask consisting of a feline face and two human legs. Two sleeves indicate human arms. Two One-Eyed Rayed Faces touch the main figure with the tip of their extended tongue indicating grasping/attacking. Forehead ornament of the main figure in the shape of a One-Eyed Rayed Face. Interpretation as celestial bodies.
Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299 

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