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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  216 Culture:  Nasca Description:  effigy vessel, N. M. 255 Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde München. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5/6 Phase. Iconographic Features:  person of high rank in rich attire wearing an elaborately painted mask and a headdress showing a composite creature. This creature consists of a sea lion body (painted on the back of the dignitary) and a human head, and wears a headdress decorated with capsicum pepper. Its shoulders are replaced by cacti (?). The dignitary holds six spears in his left hand and a trophy head with closed mouth in his right hand. His clothes are covered with trophy heads - some of them with helmets. Each shoulder bears the motif of the Winged Mythical Killer Whale holding trophy heads. Beneath, a human couple (Principal Pair?) and the Feline Serpent are portrayed. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 163, 164, 208

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Site:  Paracas Clados Number:  217 Culture:  Nasca Description:  mantle border, ID number missing, Ethnologisches Museum Berlin. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP) 2. Iconographic Features:  Feline Killer Whale depicted with killer whale body, human body with arms and legs, and a human/feline head to which killer whale (?) jaws are attached. Feline Killer Whale holds a knife (with black obsidian blade) and a trophy head. Another trophy head is attached to the waist. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 218, 219, 220

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  218 Culture:  Nasca Description:  double spout bottle, ID number missing, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 2 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Feline Killer Whale depicted with killer whale body, human arms, and human legs. A loincloth and sleeves indicate a human body. Feline Killer Whale holds a bloody club. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 217, 219, 220

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  219 Culture:  Nasca Description:  double spout bottle, ID number missing, The Art Institute of Chicago. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 2 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Feline Killer Whale depicted with killer whale body, human arms, and human legs. Killer whale body depicted with Spondylus shell pectorals enclosed. Feline Killer Whale holds a bloody club. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 217, 218, 220

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  225 Culture:  Nasca Description:  vase portraying nobleman, drawing after Lavalle 1986, 143. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 7 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Bird Mythical Being 9 (BMB-9), a Late Nasca bird mythical being as motif on the tunic of the man. It is depicted with Rayed Feline Face Bloody Mouth head type, human body with legs, wings, and tail. Feathers replaced by volute rays. BMB-9 is depicted in bird’s-eye view and might be a Nasca 7 version of Feline Hawk or BMB-5. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 101, 110

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  226 Culture:  Nasca Description:  effigy vessel portraying wounded warrior chewing coca, ID number missing, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 7 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Bird Mythical Being 9 (BMB-9) as motif on the mantle of the warrior. It is depicted with Rayed Feline Face Bloody Mouth head type, human body with legs, wings, and tail. Feathers replaced by volute rays. BMB-9 is depicted in bird’s-eye view. He is grasping two One-Eyed Rayed Faces by their tongues, a gesture that indicates fighting. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 225

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  227 Culture:  Nasca Description:  effigy vessel portraying warrior holding trophy head, C-54292, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 7 Phase. Iconographic Features:  two different colour versions of the Bird Mythical Being 9 (BMB-9) as motif on the mantle of the warrior. BMB-9 is depicted with Rayed Feline Face Bloody Mouth head type, human legs, wings, and cat (?) tail. Feathers replaced by rays. BMB-9 is depicted in bird’s-eye view. Additional volute rays are attached to the mouth mask. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 225, 226

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  228 Culture:  Nasca Description:  effigy vessel portraying warrior holding trophy head, ID number missing, Museo de la Nacion, Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 7 Phase. Iconographic Features:  two different colour versions of the Bird Mythical Being 9 (BMB-9) as motif on the mantle of the warrior. BMB-9 is depicted with Rayed Feline Face head type, human arms, human legs, wings, and cat (?) tail. Feathers replaced by rays. BMB-9 is depicted in bird’s-eye view. It holds jagged staffs. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 225, 226, 227

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  229 Culture:  Nasca Description:  double-spout-and bridge bottle, ID number missing, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 7 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Bird Mythical Being 9 (BMB-9) depicted with Rayed Feline Face head type, human body, human arms and legs, wings, and tail. Feathers of the wings and the tail replaced by rays. BMB-9 is depicted in bird’s-eye view. Attached to the sleeve of the left arm is a One-Eyed Rayed Face, maybe shown in the moment of attacking BMB-9. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 225, 226, 227, 228

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  230 Culture:  Nasca Description:  vase, C-60288, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5/6 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Bird Mythical Being 9 (BMB-9) depicted with Rayed Feline Face head type, human body, human arms (with claws), human body and legs, and a wing. Wing is covered by trophy head. Feathers replaced by spears. BMB-9 is depicted devouring a human whose legs are still visible. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 225, 226, 227, 228, 229

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  231 Culture:  Nasca Description:  bowl, ID number missing, Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5 Phase. Iconographic Features:  horizontally drawn Jagged-Staff God (Proulx 2007) or Zackenstab-Dämon (Seler 1923) depicted with Rayed Face head type, human body, and crossed legs. It holds jagged rays in its two hands. Association with serpents, jagged serpents (with feline claws), and tocapu-ish signs (spirals).

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  232 Culture:  Nasca Description:  vase, redrawn after Schlesier 1959. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5 Phase. Iconographic Features:  horizontally drawn Jagged-Staff God (Proulx 2007) or Zackenstab-Dämon (Seler 1923) depicted with human head, human body, and crossed legs. It holds jagged rays in its two hands and wears a forehead ornament. Association with checkerboard motif (shields ?). Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 231

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  233 Culture:  Nasca Description:  double-spout-and-bridge bottle, redrawn after Ubbelohde-Doering 1925/26: fig. 65. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 7 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Jagged-Staff God (Proulx 2007) or Zackenstab-Dämon (Seler 1923) depicted with Rayed Feline Face head type, human body, and crossed legs. It holds jagged rays in its two hands. At the right appears a warrior holding jagged rays. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 231, 232

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  234 Culture:  Nasca Description:  vase, C-12728, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5 Phase. Iconographic Features:  horizontally drawn Jagged-Staff God (Proulx 2007) or Zackenstab-Dämon (Seler 1923) depicted with Rayed Face head type, human body, and crossed legs. It holds jagged rays in its two hands. Association with spirals. The panel below shows the heads of women (?). They are probably done by using a stencil, because they look nearly identical. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 231, 232, 233

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  235 Culture:  Nasca Description:  vase, ID number missing, location unknown. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 6/7 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Jagged-Staff God (Proulx 2007) or Zackenstab-Dämon (Seler 1923) depicted with Rayed Face head type, human body, and crossed legs. It holds jagged rays in its two hands and wears a forehead ornament in the form of a Rayed Face. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 231, 232, 233, 234

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