Male Effigy Vessel
Cleveland Museum of Art

Male Effigy Vessel

100–650 CE (thermoluminescence date, 410–1010 CE)

ceramic and slip
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

This figure holds a human head, which the Nasca viewed as a source of great power.

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