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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  96 Culture:  Nasca Description:  ceramic panpipe, ID number missing, location unknown. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 2 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Feline Hawk holding trophy head and necklace made of spondylus shell (?). Extended tongue replaced by a sea bird.

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  97 Culture:  Nasca Description:  ceramic, double spout bottle, ID number missing, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 4 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Bird Mythical Being 4 (BMB-4) depicted with feline head, elaborated mouth mask, wing, tail, bird torso with legs, and human arms. Tail depicted with snake feathers. Two serpents are attached to the tail. The main figure holds a trophy head and a club. Painting imitates motifs on Paracas textiles of the block colour style (archaism).

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  99 Culture:  Nasca Description:  ceramic cup bowl, ID number missing, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5/6 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Unidentified bird being depicted with wing, human torso with legs, and human arms. Wings covered with trophy heads. The main figure holds a trophy head and a club.

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  103 Culture:  Nasca Description:  collared jar, C-64076, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Horrible Bird depicted with Feline Serpent in its beak. Harvester marked by hunger (HV-1) appear on the left side. He holds a jícima fruit. One of a few paintings that show the Horrible Bird and Harvester side by side.

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  104 Culture:  Nasca Description:  ceramic cup bowl, ID number missing, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Horrible Bird with trophy head and cap (?) in its beak.

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  107 Culture:  Nasca Description:  ceramic, double spout bottle, ID number missing, The Art Institute of Chicago. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Bird Mythical Being 4 (BMB-4) depicted with wing, avian body with tail, human torso with legs, and human arms. Wing and tail covered with trophy head and depicted with snake feathers. Human body dressed with striped tunic. The main figure holds a club and two trophy heads. Depicted by using the convention of Animal Emblem Format.

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  108 Culture:  Nasca Description:  ceramic cup bowl, C-13152, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Bird Mythical Being 8 (BMB-8) depicted in bird’s-eye view and with trophy head in its beak. Wings and tail are covered by trophy heads. Feathers replaced by snakes. Anatomy looks compressed.

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  109 Culture:  Nasca Description:  ceramic cup bowl, C-13153, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 5 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Bird Mythical Being 8 (BMB-8) depicted in bird’s-eye view and with trophy head in its beak. Wings and tail are covered by trophy heads. Feathers replaced by snakes. Outstretched legs might be human. Anatomy looks compressed.

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  244 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:  Anthropomorphic Mythical Being with Snake Hair holding yam beans (jícima) and a club. The association of yam beans (= harvest) with a club (= war) is significant. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 62, 63, 64, 65, 243

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  245 Culture:  Nasca Description:  cup bowl, C-11901, M.N.A.A.H.-Lima. Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 4 Phase. Iconographic Features:  Standing Anthropomorphic Mythical Being holding Feline Man and trophy head. Feline Man is depicted with showing ribs, a common convention to express starvation. Note that Feline Man is grasping the snake hair of the Standing Anthropomorphic Mythical Being, a gesture that clearly indicates fighting. The painting is outstanding because it shows a supernatural being grasped by its hair indicating it as defeated. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 80, 325, 327, 332, 333, 336, 337

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Site:  Nasca Clados Number:  246 Culture:  Nasca Description:  painted textile, mantle, G.E.M. (presently Stockholm). Chronological Era:  Early Intermediate Period (EIP), Nasca 4 Phase (?). Iconographic Features:  One of the most complex scenes in early Nasca iconography portraying more than 20 supernatural beings involved in battle. Feline Man (bottom center) holds a trophy head and a knive with two obsidian blades. To his left Feline Killer Whale with its bifurcated tail appears. Anthropomorphic Mythical Being with Jagged Tail holding a club appears at the upper right, while the Anthropomorphic Mythical Being with snake hair holding a knive and a trophy head appears at the top center. Note that some of the defeated supernatural beings are grasped by their tongues. Four large beings are placed at the corners of the painting, one of them (bottom right) is depicted running. Several beings hold trophies (birds, fishes, forehead ornaments). The illusion of space is created by extensive use of the convention of overlapping. Originally an estimated number of 40 figures covered the textile. Related Themes:  Click link to see related item(s) CL 57, 80, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 325, 327, 332, 333, 336, 337

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