Site: Nasca | Clados Number: 286 | Culture: Nasca | Description: double spout bottle, C-09668, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. | Chronological Era: Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 4 Phase. | Iconographic Features: Feline Face consisting of a feline head, three (!) arms and the upper part of a human body. Arms depicted with stars enclosed. 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 Horrible Bird, the right one terminating in Feline Hawk. Feline Face holds a trophy head and a human whose torso reveals sets of ribs indicating starvation. Headdress may represent the rainbow. Black-painted background may indicate the night. Interpretation as celestial body. | Related Themes: Click link to see related item(s) CL 94, 95, 110, 103-106, 260, 281, 282, 283, 285, 287, 288, 289, 290 | |
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