Thursday, October 22, 2009

The Paracas

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This is a burial cloth, used by the Paracas tribe


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This is a Paracas pot, that is in the shape of a bird.




This is gold, probably a pendant, created by the Paracas tribe.
http://www.world-mysteries.com/skull_peru.jpg This is a skull of a person from Paracas. They binded the growing of the head when one of them was an infant. The result - a dome shaped head - was considered beautiful.



http://pro.corbis.com/images/CJ005519.jpg?size=67&uid=6F2ECD3A-1F6D-427D-87AA-3C0FDC1C7980 This is a Paracas cloth, depicting a half man, half bird.

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