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Vessel showing bird God carried in a litter

unknown200/700

National Museum - New Delhi

National Museum - New Delhi
New Delhi , India

This vessel shows in relief a deity with spiked headdress being carried in a sedan chair(litter).vessel has dark cream slip relief and spout painted in reddish brown.Bird imagery may be related to ecstatic flight of visions experienced by shaman healers. Herein, the two figures carrying the litter are anthromorphic in representation. The end part of the litter which is on the shoulder of the litter carriers are stylized with animal head.

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  • Title: Vessel showing bird God carried in a litter
  • Creator: unknown
  • Date: 200/700
  • Location: Mochica, Peru
  • Physical Dimensions: h 26cm
  • Accession Number: 67. 279
National Museum - New Delhi

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