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Site:  Wari Clados Number:  394 Culture:  Nasca Description:  warrior silver plaque, The Glassell Collection of Pre-Columbian Gold, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Chronological Era:  Middle Horizon 2A/B. Iconographic Features:  Wari Tocapus: warrior holding an oblong shield with stylized skulls in his left hand and an axe in his right. He wears a Diamond waist band tunic featuring an interlocked hook motif and a double row of diamond tocapus (Wari Diamond Tocapu). The tunic recalls the Diamond waist band tunic 4-8325, Lowie Museum of Anthropology, University of California. The head of the warrior is crowned by a four-cornered hat with Stepped-Triangle Tocapus. Interpretation of the diamond motif of the Wari Diamond Tocapu as the stylized spot of a snake.

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Site:  Wari Clados Number:  395 Culture:  Nasca Description:  list. Chronological Era:  Middle Horizon 2A/B. Iconographic Features:  Wari Tocapus: variants of Wari Diamond Tocapu.

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Site:  Wari Clados Number:  396 Culture:  Nasca Description:  face-neck jar, ID number missing, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. Chronological Era:  Middle Horizon 2A/B. Iconographic Features:  Wari Tocapus: nobleman wearing a hat and a tunic. Tunic is decorated with tocapus (diagonal double circle and dot motif). Face is painted with Stepped-Triangle Tocapus, proofing that tocapu signs were also used for body painting.

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Site:  Wari Clados Number:  397 Culture:  Nasca Description:  effigy vessel, ID number missing, Amano Museum, Lima. Chronological Era:  Middle Horizon 2A/B. Iconographic Features:  Wari Tocapus: nobleman holding a keru. He wears a four-cornered hat with Stepped-Triangle Tocapus.

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Site:  Wari Clados Number:  398 Culture:  Nasca Description:  effigy vessel, ID number missing, location unknown. Chronological Era:  Middle Horizon 2A/B. Iconographic Features:  Wari Tocapus: nobleman (staff bearer) wearing a four-cornered hat with Stepped-Triangle Tocapus. Face painted with Stepped-Triangle Tocapus. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 394, 395, 396, 397

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Site:  Wari Clados Number:  399 Culture:  Nasca Description:  effigy vessel, ID number missing, location unknown. Chronological Era:  Middle Horizon 2A/B. Iconographic Features:  Wari Tocapus: nobleman (staff bearer) wearing a four-cornered hat with Stepped-Triangle Tocapus. Tunic decorated with diagonal double motif (Sawyer 1963) (tocapus?). Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 394, 395, 396, 397, 398

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Site:  Wari Clados Number:  400 Culture:  Nasca Description:  face-neck jar, ID number missing, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. Chronological Era:  Middle Horizon 2A/B. Iconographic Features:  Wari Tocapus: Feline Sacrificer wearing a tunic decorated with tocapu-ish motifs featuring the head of the Feline Sacrificer. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, 399

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