NAIL or TENON with JAGUAR HEAD

Style culture of Chavín, Peru

limestone

H.: 15; L.: 16; Thickness: 15 cm

Also called “nailed head”, cabeza clava , this sculpture is like the architectural nails found on the facades of temples of the pre-Columbian Chavín civilization.

This feline head can also represent a half-human, half-animal being. Indeed, its temples are decorated with two stylized avian heads,

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