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Figure in a Litter

500–900 (Thermoluminescence date, 590–1090)
earthenware with colored slips
Overall: 26.3 x 21.6 x 24.8 cm (10 3/8 x 8 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.)
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1997.1
Location: 232 Andean
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Whether a deity, ancestral mummy, or masked human, this figure signals power. The divided eyes and fangs are traits of supernatural beings. The hands are cupped around holes that once perhaps held staffs, symbols of human and divine authority. And the litter was a mode of travel reserved for those of high station; the knobs refer to poles that rested on the shoulders of human bearers.

Figure in a Litter

500–900 (Thermoluminescence date, 590–1090)

Wari (Pachacamac) style, Middle Horizon, Epoch 2

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