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		NASCA - Phase 2/3 South Coast 250 BCE - 125 CE EFFIGY POT WARRIOR WITH BEAN BAG LMA 6600 Size: 16.5 cm tall Manufacture: Modelled Surface: Slip painted Firing: Oxidizing
The human effigy pot is primarily found in the earlier phases of Nasca culture. They usually show an individual seated and bearing an offering. In this case, a man holds what appears to be a bean bag. From the beginning the Nasca potter had an extensive palette of colored slips to choose from, as is demonstrated in this pot. These slips were added after the pot had dried and before firing. Compare this vessel with the later Nasca Phase 6 face neck vessel, or that of the Recuay. Bean bag carriers can also be seen in one of the Moche vessels.

		NASCA - Phase 3 South Coast 250 BCE - 125 CE EFFIGY POT MUMMY LMA 6647 Size: cm tall Manufacture: Modelled Surface: Slip painted Firing: Oxidizing
The effige pots of the Nasca are not as sophisticated in their form as those of the Moche. Often, the Nasca relied on painted featured rather than modelled, with only a few protrusions, like the hands in this case.

		NASCA - Phase 3 South Coast 250 BCE - 125 CE STIRRUP POT ANTHROPOMORPHIC MYTHICAL BEING LMA 8890 Size: 21 cm tall, 17 cm diameter Manufacture: Modeled Surface: Slip painted Firing: Oxidizing
This figure occurs quite frequently on Nasca vessels. It has a human body clothed in a shirt and breechcloth. The being wears a distinctive mask and forehead ornament. In this example, the being carries a staff, perhaps connecting it to the cult of the Staff God. During Phase 3 of the Nasca culture, the tail was depicted with a series of spikes running along both sides. The animal at the end, in this case a bird, seems to indicate what aspect of the being is emphasized. Three trophy heads dangle from a sash. This vessel contains nine colors of slip: dark red, black, cream, gray, orange, violet, white, yellow, and light red.

		NASCA - Phase 5 South Coast 125 - 250 CE STIRRUP POT ANTHROPOMORPHIC MYTHICAL BEING LMA 8890 Size: 21 cm tall, 17 cm diameter Manufacture: Modeled Surface: Slip painted Firing: Oxidizing
Another version of the Anthropomorphic Mythical Being, this time appears to be wearing a monkey mask. His robe is lined with pepinos rather than trophy heads, and he has no bird on his tail.

		NASCA - Phase 5 South Coast 125 - 250 CE BOWL AVIAN MYTHICAL BEINGS LMA 8890 Size: 12 cm diameter Manufacture: Modeled Surface: Slip painted Firing: Oxidizing
This little bowl has two different masked figures running around its body. Their style appears to be similar to the Nasca 3 vessel, but there are a few subtle differences. First, the beings do not have spiked tails. Second, the feet dangle downward rather than sideways. These are both indications of the later period. The figures wear masks with bird motifs, suggesting that these are avian or sky deities. The techniques of production, however, have not changed, and the bowl is decorated with the wide array of colored slips typical of the Nasca.

		NASCA - Phase 5 South Coast 125 - 250 CE EFFIGY POT BIRD LMA 7237 Size: cm tall Manufacture: Modelled Surface: Slip painted Firing: Oxidizing
Animal effigy vessels were popular with the Nasca. Unlike their Moche counterparts, the Nasca abstracted and simplified their animal forms, and thus tend to be symbolic rather than naturalistic.

		NASCA - Phase 5 South Coast 125 - 250 CE EFFIGY POT TROPHY HEAD LMA 7247 Size: cm tall Manufacture: Modelled Surface: Slip painted Firing: Oxidizing
This vessel vessel offers a fine comparison between the Moche and the Nasca outlook. Almost cartoonlike, this vessel lacks any of the portraiture evident in the Moche vessels.