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Male Effigy Vessel
Ceramic and slip, 28.8 x 16 x 17 cm, Nasca culture (Peru), AD 100–650
Cleveland Museum of Art
 

Unusual in Nasca ceramic art, this figure stands upright, wearing a long loincloth that reaches the base behind him. He has a broad, stocky body, with his short legs set apart. His arms project forward from the torso, and in his right hand is a short club or baton, while his left hand grips a severed human head, a ritual trophy signifying power, status, and participation in ceremonial practices linked to warfare and fertility rites in Nasca culture.