. Guide leaflet. [B| iSy^T RUtil. MAN AND MYTHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS 19 rKIxTVIAX ART Figs. 18-14 show faces painted on Nazca pottery. Figs. 15-17. Wo have here three mythological characters of thepre-Incan people. They occur in many localities, with such local varia-tions as we should naturally expect them to show. The first is part birdand part man; the second, part fish and pail man; and the third, partcat and part man. They are known respectively as the condor god, thefish god, and the puma god. They are taken from painted representa-tions on pottery. Fig. 15 is from Pachacamac. Fig. 16 is co
. Guide leaflet. [B| iSy^T RUtil. MAN AND MYTHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS 19 rKIxTVIAX ART Figs. 18-14 show faces painted on Nazca pottery. Figs. 15-17. Wo have here three mythological characters of thepre-Incan people. They occur in many localities, with such local varia-tions as we should naturally expect them to show. The first is part birdand part man; the second, part fish and pail man; and the third, partcat and part man. They are known respectively as the condor god, thefish god, and the puma god. They are taken from painted representa-tions on pottery. Fig. 15 is from Pachacamac. Fig. 16 is common inthe coast region, and is often represented as chasing two men in a 17 is from Nazca. Figs. 18-24 show various designs from the human head and formwhich I have copied from painted decorations on Nazca pottery.
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