. Old civilizations of Inca land. Incas; Indians of South America. 14 OLD CIVILIZATION'S OF IXCA LAND about the head. A few \v( about the decorative designs on the representation of this god will be in place, as these and variants of them are met with in nearly all parts of the country. The motives are the human fig-. Fig. 7. A Brilliantly Colored Pottery Vessel from Xazca, Peru. The design shows conventionahzed humming birds gathering honey from six-pointed flowers. ure, the condor, and the puma, each highh' convention- alized. The central ray of the headdress, above the god's head, term
. Old civilizations of Inca land. Incas; Indians of South America. 14 OLD CIVILIZATION'S OF IXCA LAND about the head. A few \v( about the decorative designs on the representation of this god will be in place, as these and variants of them are met with in nearly all parts of the country. The motives are the human fig-. Fig. 7. A Brilliantly Colored Pottery Vessel from Xazca, Peru. The design shows conventionahzed humming birds gathering honey from six-pointed flowers. ure, the condor, and the puma, each highh' convention- alized. The central ray of the headdress, above the god's head, terminates in a human head. Those at the extreme right and left, both top and bottom, and the central ray on either side represent a puma head. Human, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mead, Charles W. (Charles Williams), 1845-1928. New York : American Museum of Natural History
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