| Site: Nasca | | Clados Number: 268 | | Culture: Nasca | | Description: effigy vessel, ID number missing, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. | | Chronological Era: Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5 Phase. | | Iconographic Features: Seated Anthropomorphic Mythical Being depicted with human body, snake arms and snake legs. It holds Feline Man (left) and a warrior (right) upholding a carrying cord. Spherical headdress shows Spotted Cat eating maize. Shoulders with modeled columnar cacti (San Pedro cacti?). 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 BMB-4, the right one terminating in Feline Hawk. | | Related Themes: Click link to see related item(s) CL 89, 91, 94, 95, 110, 112, 151 | |
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