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Cat-Shaped Vessel from Peru, c.200-700 Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD) (media.piefed.world)

submitted 1 month ago by negativenull@piefed.world to c/historyartifacts@piefed.social

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https://search.smb.museum/object/obj-4826

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[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Did pre-Columbian Peruvians have cats? I didn't think they had domesticated cats until after, so maybe it's based on a wild cat?

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[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 7 points 1 month ago

Definitely based on a wild cat. There are lots of cats native to South America. Maybe an Andean Mountain Cat

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