Site: Nasca | Clados Number: 111 | Culture: Nasca | Description: effigy vessel, redrawn after Donnan 1993, colored by Clados, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. | Chronological Era: Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5 Phase. | Iconographic Features: (Seated?) Anthropomorphic Mythical Being wearing headdress, mouth mask and a necklace made of (spondylus?) shell. Both hands move toward Feline Hawk (see CL 58, 60) who appears in the mid, and probably tries to catch him. Feline Hawk is depicted in bird’s-eye view. Trophy heads attached to a carrying cord appear on both sides. | Related Themes: Click link to see related item(s) CL 58, 60 | |
| Rollout © 2003 Christiane Clados
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