. Old civilizations of Inca land. Incas; Indians of South America. ixiuonrcTiox 13 dish brown on the cream-colored sH]) which was coininonly ai)i)hed to their pottery. Sometimes a num- ber of colors were used. The art of the Nazca region does not show the wonderful modeling found at Trujillo; in fact, in this respect, it is inferior to that of many parts of Peru,. Fig. 6. A Portrait Vase in Terra Cotta, from a Grave in Chepen, Peru. Trujillo Culture. but in the wealth of color it surpasses all other re- gions. Conventionalization runs riot in their painted decorations. The art of Tiahuanaco is
. Old civilizations of Inca land. Incas; Indians of South America. ixiuonrcTiox 13 dish brown on the cream-colored sH]) which was coininonly ai)i)hed to their pottery. Sometimes a num- ber of colors were used. The art of the Nazca region does not show the wonderful modeling found at Trujillo; in fact, in this respect, it is inferior to that of many parts of Peru,. Fig. 6. A Portrait Vase in Terra Cotta, from a Grave in Chepen, Peru. Trujillo Culture. but in the wealth of color it surpasses all other re- gions. Conventionalization runs riot in their painted decorations. The art of Tiahuanaco is best illustrated in work in stone. Perhaps the best and most characteristic ex- ample is the carving on the great monolithic gateway at Ak-kapana. The central figure will be found in Fig. 8. It has been much injured by time and vandals, especially. 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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