Feline Mortar
Feline Mortar
700 BC-1
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Peru, North Highlands, Pacopampa(?), Chavín style
(1000-200 BC)
Stone, pigment
Overall: 5.8 x 11 cm (2 5/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
In memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Humphreys, gift of their daughter Helen 1957.494.a
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Size suggests that this Chavín-style mortar and pestle, if functional, were not used to grind bulky staples like corn, but instead perhaps pigments or the hallucinogens apparently used in Chavín religious rites. This set may come from the highland site Pacopampa, which adopted Chavín deities and worshiped them alongside its own. Thus, these small sculptures illustrate the appeal and spread of Chavín religion.
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