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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  175 Culture:  Nasca Description:  effigy vessel, C-54233, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Bird Mythical Being 6 (BMB-6) and Bird Mythical Being 8 (BMB-8) as motifs on a wall of an architectural structure. Also, foxes, guanacos, trophy heads, and processions of warriors appear. Association with (modeled) Ancestral Pair. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 108, 115

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  208 Culture:  Nasca Description:  effigy vessel, ID number missing, Museo De La Nacion, Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 7 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Killer Whale Mythical Being as motif on the walls of a temple/palace like structure. It is depicted with killer whale body, human body, human arms, and human legs. Killer whale body depicted with Round Faces enclosed. Association with Principal Pair (Ancestral Pair). Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 175

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  274 Culture:  Nasca Description:  bowl, C-60403, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 4 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Feline Head with Snake Rays depicted with feline head, two paws and two jagged serpents terminating in feline heads. Two snakelike streamers emerge from the mouth. Black painted background may indicate the night. The painting is very exceptional because of its use of colours in combination with the artistic convention of overlapping: dark and light orange are used to emphasise the illusion of space. Interpretation as celestial body.

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  275 Culture:  Nasca Description:  double spout bowl, ID number missing, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 2 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Feline Head with Snake Rays depicted with feline head, two paws and serpents. Two serpents emerge from the mouth. It wears a headdress in the shape of a jagged serpent body towering above (sky serpent, rainbow?). Interpretation as celestial body. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 274

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  276 Culture:  Nasca Description:  double spout bowl, ID number missing, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 2 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Feline Head with Snake Rays depicted with feline head and serpents. In addition, serpents emerge from the mouth and the face. It wears a forehead ornament. Black-painted background may indicate the night. Interpretation as celestial body. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 274, 275

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  277 Culture:  Nasca Description:  cup bowl, ID number missing, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 4 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Surrounded Feline Head consisting of a feline head with two paws framed by serpents. Black-painted background may indicate the night. Interpretation as celestial body. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 274, 275, 276

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  278 Culture:  Nasca Description:  vase, C-10936, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5/6 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Surrounded Feline Head consisting of a feline head framed by angulated serpents. It wears a trident crown stitched up the front, a classic Harvester attribute. Interpretation as celestial body. Painting recalls Paracas representations of Rayed Faces. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 274, 275, 276, 277

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  279 Culture:  Nasca Description:  textile with shell, drawing after D’Harcourt 1936. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5/6 Phase (?). Iconographic Features:  Surrounded Feline Head consisting of a feline head framed by angulated serpents. It wears a forehead ornament. Interpretation as celestial body. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 274, 275, 276, 277, 278

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  280 Culture:  Nasca Description:  spout-and-bridge bottle (detail), C-60071, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 7 Phase. Iconographic Features:  very rare modeled version of a Surrounded Feline Head consisting of a feline head framed by four striped arms. It upholds a reed boat on which a naked woman (of the Principal Couple?) lies. Interpretation as celestial body. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 175, 208, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279

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