Thursday, October 22, 2009

Chimu time

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This is a Chimu "Bitface" - like an arrowhead. It depicts a person with their hands folded over their stomach.

Chimu Marine Vessel
This is a Chimu vessel. There are many animals depicted on it, including two birds - one on each side, and monkey on the top.


Chimu Vessel
This is a picture of a large double chamber Chimu vessel. The dots represent rain, and on the right side, a birds head is depicted.

Moche Artifacts

http://www.hurstgallery.com/exhibit/past/of_land_sea_and_sky/images/02large.jpg
This is a Moche pot, in the shape of a frog.

http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/moche/gold-hands.gif This is a picture of golden hands, created by the Moche people.


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This is a whistle, created by the Moche people.

The Nazca tribe

http://www.ancientresource.com/images/precolumbian/nazca/nazca-pot718c.jpg
This is a pot, created by the Nazca tribe. It shows a band of fruit along the middle, and trophy-shaped heads on the top and bottom.



This is a hammered-gold mouth mask, with a beard and possibly a moustache.





http://ancientartifax.com/images/nazca_stand1.jpg This is a pot from the Nazca tribe, depicting someone with a triangle shaped head.

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.

Chavin tribe

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This is a clava from the Chavin Tribe. It depicts the nasal discharge associated with the use of hallucinogenic snuff.



http://www.darkage.fsnet.co.uk/PottedHistories/chavin.jpg This is a Chavin pot, probably clay, in the shape of some type of feline.




http://xcf.xanga.com/282f240058132238000888/b188158752.jpg This is a stone Clava with fangs of a jaguar, carved by the Chavin people.



http://lastdaysoftheincas.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/399px-precolombian_statue-tiwanaku.jpg This is a ceramic vessel, created by the Chavin tribe of south america.








This is a Chavin pot, with a white crab depicted on it.

This is a stone plate, made by the Chavin people, it has two felines depicted at the top.