Cultures & Traditions

Nasca (Nazca)

Terms

Andean Orthography

object

Bowl: animal figure

Cultures & Traditions

Salinar

object

Mace head

object

Stirrup-spout bottle: four fruits

object

Stirrup-spout bottle: portrait head

object

Effigy jar: figure holding sling

object

Single-spout-and-bridge bottle: wounded warrior

object

Stirrup-spout bottle: pepino fruits

object

Star-shaped club head

object

Bowl: four faces

object

Mantle with condors

object

Spout-and-bridge bottle: monkey figure

object

Bowl: hummingbirds

object

Spout-and-bridge bottle: bird form

object

Mace head

object

Vessel: human leg effigy

object

Single-spout-and-bridge bottle: feline figure

object

Star-shaped club head

object

Star-shaped club head

object

Single-spout-and-bridge bottle: fisherman

object

Stirrup-spout bottle: seated figure

object

Stirrup-spout bottle: mutilated figure

object

Drum: masked figure

object

Head jar with trophy heads and interlocking snakes

object

Stirrup-spout bottle with deer hunting scene

object

Double-spout-and-bridge bottle: figure with chained heads

object

Double-spout-and-bridge bottle: two heads

Times & Places

Andes, South America

object

Stirrup-spout bottle: seated figure

object

Bowl: interlocked slings

object

Constricted bowl: trophy heads and double serpent bands

object

Stirrup-spout bottle: fox head

object

Flared bowl: mythical orca figure and interlocking fish

object

Ornament in the form of an animal face

object

Stirrup-spout bottle: mutilated figure holding rattle

object

Headdress ornament

object

Drum: masked being holding trophy heads

object

Double-spout-and-bridge bottle: mythical beings