Ancient civilizations of the Andes / by Philip Ainsworth Means.

  • Means, Philip Ainsworth, 1892-1944.
Date:
1931
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Ancient civilizations of the Andes / by Philip Ainsworth Means. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    FIGURE PAGE 24. An Early Chimu vase showing a carrying-chair .... 85 25. Two Early Chimu portrait-vases ...... 85 26. An Early Chimu portrait-vase ....... 86 27. An Early Chimu portrait-head ...... 86 28. An especially fine Early Chimu portrait-vase .... 86 29. An Early Chimu vase; flaring-mouth type ..... 87 30. An Early Chimu pot of unusual shape ..... 87 31. Copper knife with bird-ornament in gold ..... 87 32. An aerial photograph of the fortress of Parmunca ... 88 33. Vestiges of a patio-garden at Chan-Chan ..... 88 34. Vestiges of Early Chimu wall-frescoes at Chan-Chan ... 89 35. Masonry of the Tiahuanaco I period ..... 89 36. Map of the vicinity of Trujillo ....... 89 37. Front and side view of an Early Nazca portrait-vase . . 90 38. Front and side view of an Early Nazca portrait-vase ... 90 39. Early Nazca vase, and an Early Nazca double vase ... 90 40-43. Early Nazca portrait-pots showing progressive loss of realism . 91 44. Spotted-cat designs from Early Nazca pots .... 93 45. Cat-demon designs from Early Nazca pots .... 95 46. Cat-demon designs from Early Nazca pots .... 97 47. Cat-demon designs from Early Nazca pots .... 97 48. Bird-demon designs from Early Nazca pots .... 99 49. Multiple-headed god designs from Early Nazca pots . . . 100 50. Centipede-god designs from Early Nazca pots .... 101 51. Tri-partite mouth-mask of gold, from Nazca .... 102 52. Early Chimu vessel, showing conventionalized figure . . . 103 53-54. Portions of the Paracas Textile ...... 106