Cat-Shaped Vessel from Peru, c.200-700 Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD) (media.piefed.world)
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[–] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I did a brief search of Artstor and the best I can do is ‘probably Moche or Wari/Huari culture’ since both have similar looking cat ceramics, with an open mouth and bared fangs. Based on the reported location Wari is probably the safer bet. I’ll see if I can dig up anything more later.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Ooh, it does have a similar design. Maybe this was an old, widespread motif at the time? Because looking at the geographic range for Paracas culture it looks like it doesn’t overlap with the area it was found (hard to tell on the wiki maps). But people move around, it could be someone from the Paracas culture moved a little further inland and passed down that style of pottery.

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