Image: Clevelandart 1949.561
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Description: Supernatural figures like the one on this bowl are shown wearing ornaments that actually exist-like the nearby Mouth Mask-they may represent humans clothed as deities who served as living cult images during rituals. The figure holds a severed head that probably alludes to capture of an enemy’s life force, since severed heads and fertility are linked in Nasca art.
Title: Bowl with Costumed Being
Credit: https://clevelandart.org/art/1949.561
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