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Site:  Nasca
Clados Number:  77
Culture:  Nasca
Description:  collared jar, ID missing, Kemper Sammlung.
Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5.
Iconographic Features:  Feline Man (left) characterized by a human body and the head of a feline (with mouth mask). He is depicted with hands outstreched to the sides and holding a trophy head and a club. On the left, an anthropomorphic being with wings on its back. It holds a club.

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Site:  Nasca
Clados Number:  78
Culture:  Nasca
Description:  Göteborg Staff, G.E.M. 35.32.180
Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 3 or Nasca 4.
Iconographic Features:  From left to right. 1. row: unidentified impersonator, Killer Whale impersonator (?) marked by hunger, Anthropomorphic Mythical Being impersonator with arched headdress (representing Double-Headed Serpent ?) holding a knive with obsidian blade (see CL 55); 2. row: Feline Man impersonator marked by hunger and holding trophy heads, Bird impersonator with wing holding trophy head, impersonator with fox skin headdress (see CL 1) holding trophy hand with both hands while tip of extended tongue is touching the trophy head (trophy-head taster format); 3. row: Spotted Cat impersonator, unidentified impersonator marked by hunger, unidentified impersonator with wrapped snake turban holding sweet potato, staff (club?) and bag with trophy head, unidentified impersonator.
Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 55, 1 

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Site:  Nasca
Clados Number:  80
Culture:  Nasca
Description:  jar, drawing after Parke-Bernet-Galleries, No. 52.
Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5.
Iconographic Features:  Two Feline Men characterized by a human body and the head of a feline. They hold a net with a captured fish.

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Site:  Nasca
Clados Number:  82
Culture:  Nasca
Description:  cup bowl, C-32940, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima.
Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5 Phase.
Iconographic Features:  Owl Mythical Being. Depicted by using the convention of Animal Emblem Format. The main figure holds a club with both hands.

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Site:  Nasca
Clados Number:  93
Culture:  Nasca
Description:  gold sheet, drawing after Lavallée 1986, 91.
Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 3 Phase.
Iconographic Features:  Feline Hawk Theme. Extended tongue replaced by carrying cord.

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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:  97
Culture:  Nasca
Description:  ceramic, double spout bottle, ID number missing, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima.
Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 4 Phase.
Iconographic Features:  Bird Mythical Being 4 (BMB-4) depicted with feline head, elaborated mouth mask, wing, tail, bird torso with legs, and human arms. Tail depicted with snake feathers. Two serpents are attached to the tail. The main figure holds a trophy head and a club. Painting imitates motifs on Paracas textiles of the block colour style (archaism).

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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:  112
Culture:  Nasca
Description:  effigy vessel, redrawn after Donnan 1993, colored by Clados.
Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5 Phase.
Iconographic Features:  Bird Mythical Being 4 (BMB-4) depicted with wing, tail, human torso with legs, and human arms. Wing and tail depicted with snake feathers. Wing covered with trophy heads. The main figure holds a club and carries a carrying cord that comes out of the being’s mouth (same gesture as in CL 57).
Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 57 

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Site:  Nasca
Clados Number:  120
Culture:  Nasca
Description:  ceramic cup bowl, redrawn after Bosqued 1985, fig. 279.
Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5 Phase.
Iconographic Features:  Harpy and Horrible Bird. Harpy is depicted with human head and avian body. Horrible Bird is depicted with a carrying cord (?) or cap (?) in its beak.

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Site:  Nasca
Clados Number:  121
Culture:  Nasca
Description:  ceramic cup bowl, redrawn after Bosqued 1985, fig. 264.
Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5 Phase.
Iconographic Features:  Harpy and unidentified bird creature (depicted in bird’s-eye view). Harpy is depicted with human head and avian body.

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Site:  Nasca
Clados Number:  122
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:  Two Harpies and two unidentified bird creatures. One of them (right) is depicted with head of the Harvester.

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Site:  Nasca
Clados Number:  123
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:  Harpy holding a rattle. Depicted by using the convention of Animal Emblem Format.

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Site:  Nasca
Clados Number:  245
Culture:  Nasca
Description:  cup bowl, C-11901, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima.
Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 4 Phase.
Iconographic Features:  Standing Anthropomorphic Mythical Being holding Feline Man and trophy head. Feline Man is depicted with showing ribs, a common convention to express starvation. Note that Feline Man is grasping the snake hair of the Standing Anthropomorphic Mythical Being, a gesture that clearly indicates fighting. The painting is outstanding because it shows a supernatural being grasped by its hair indicating it as defeated.
Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 80, 325, 327, 332, 333, 336, 337 

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